Major League Baseball is all about strategy: knowing when to run, when to hit big, and being able to read the signals. But outside of the baseball stadium the strategy of these players left something to be desired. Even though they made gads of money in their time playing ball, all of these famous players went bankrupt after their career was over or while they still were playing ball.
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There have been some super slugger characters throughout the history of Major League Baseball. These players are also generally the most revered by fans because they can win the game at any point for the team. Great pitchers can give the team a great lead but often they are swapped out by the middle of the game when the great sluggers are called on to perform.
This is a list of the greatest sluggers in Major League history. So what makes a big slugger? Just one thing: home runs. Forget about finesse, a great batting average or on-base percentage: sluggers take it out of the park.
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Work with the Derek Jeter Hurricane in the offseason may have helped its endorser move up in the batting ranks in the real Yankee season. Yankee skipper recently moved the shortstop to the leadoff position from his traditional number two spot. Though Jeter’s numbers won’t be confused with those of the greatest leadoff hitter, his numbers make him a good choice.
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Who Invented the First Baseball Bat?John Hillerich was 17 years old in 1884 when he watched his hero Pete Browning of Louisville break his favorite bat during a game. As a woodworker in his father’s shop he volunteered to make him a new bat. Is he considered to be the person who invented the baseball bat? We can’t say for sure; however, we do know that this bat was the first Louisville Slugger.Continue reading “5 Funny Facts From the History of The Baseball Bat!”
Right across from the old stadium and not too far from the very average Howard Johnson Yankee Stadium has finally been completed after a $1.8 billion cost and 2 1/2 years of construction. The new Yankee Stadium is, of course, the best ball stadium in the league, eclipsing even the most lavish dreams of fans and players.
Longtime baseball great Herman Franks died at age 95 on March 30, 2009. The player from many eras of baseball veteran will be remembered as both the Giants manager and as a Cubs manager. Franks was also a player early in a professional baseball career that stretched just under 50 years. Perhaps best now remembered for controversy, Herman Franks was emblematic of the highs and the lows of professional competition.
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In the past few years baseball steroid use has come to the forefront of scrutiny with a seeming endless number of stars admitting to or being accused of using performance enhancing drugs. In response to this, baseball steroid policy has toughened considerably but what are now being discovered are transgressions by stars before this policy took effect. The greatest name mentioned in connection with this offense is none other than pitcher Roger Clemens.
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