Category: Baseball

Top Paid Baseball Players

Top Paid Baseball PlayersThe top paid baseball players in terms of total career pay have, not surprisingly, all come from the recent era of baseball. In fact, eight of the ten top baseball players all time on the pay list are still active in the Major Leagues so their totals may actually increase in the future.

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What is the Best Youth Baseball Program for Your Kid?

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  • How did youth baseball programs get started?
  • 5 factors to consider for the optimal youth baseball program.
  • Youth club baseball programs for your child.

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Baseball Cards Collection Becomes the Most Popular Hobby!

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  • The origins of baseball player’s cards
  • The most sought after card in the 1952 Topps baseball card sets
  • The popularity of baseball cards collection

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Team That’s Won The Most World Series Titles

Most World Series TitlesThe team that has won the most baseball Word Series titles is the New York Yankees and it is not even close. The Bronx Bombers have won World Series title 26 times since they became a professional ball club way back in 1903. Their last World Series title was in 2000. They are the winningest franchise in all sports in North America.

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The History of Fenway Park

The Boston Red Sox field known as Fenway Ballpark was inaugurated into the league back on April 20, 1912. I was the exact same day that the new stadium in Detroit, Nevin Field (later Tiger Field), hosted its first baseball game. When the park was built in the Fenway marsh area of Boston, the-then American League Boston Pilgrims moved from their stadium located on the future Northwestern University into what has become one of the oldest and most storied ball parks in the Major League.

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The Most Qualified American Baseball Coaches in History

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  • The top American baseball coaches and managers not only racked up impressive win records and championships many are also enshrined in the hallowed halls of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Many will argue that they won due to the impressive line-ups at their disposal; however, it takes skill to forge individual talent into a cohesive unit
  • It also helps to have quality baseball pitching coaches guiding your star hurlers. Other than the Major Leagues, the American Baseball Coaches Association is where many coaches for baseball learn their craft

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Opening Night Of The Season: Prepare For The Best Baseball Plays Ever!

Best Baseball PlaysThe opening baseball game of the 2009 season has arrived for fans and they are preparing themselves for a season that should feature some of the best baseball ever. The powerhouses of the league loaded up in the offseason and the smaller teams have finished hunting for their statistically-rich bargain players. The best baseball game ever may be played this season as the match-ups and lineups look intriguing.

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The Recession Having an Affect on Baseball Game Attendance

Baseball Game AttendanceThough the recession is having a huge effect on the US economy, it has not yet hit the top teams in baseball. Comparing the 2007 baseball game attendance to the baseball attendance 2008, most of the top teams grew their average to new records, while many of the lower-placed teams took some major losses to their crowd size. Even as paychecks shrunk in 2008 and ticket prices continued to climb, Americans would not give up their favorite viewing pastime (or their beer and hot dogs).

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Youngest Current MLB Player

Youngest Current MLB PlayerThe current MLB player who is the youngest in the American League is Rick Porcello for the Detroit Tigers. Overall, the youngest current MLB player is Clayton Kershaw from the National League Dodgers. Neither of them, and most likely no one in the future, will reach the status of the youngest player to ever play in the Major League.

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7 Top Paid Major League Coaches

Top Paid CoachesThe lavish spending in the pro sports arena spread into coaches in baseball a few years ago as payrolls began to cross the $100 million threshold. The teams that carry these gargantuan costs do not mind spending large chunks of cash on their pro baseball trainer, when it adds up to only a small fraction of their overall costs. Though teams do not usually release manager contract information, these numbers are widely reported through various sources.

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Yankee’s Joba Chamberlain Fastball Pleads Guilty to DUI

Sports and alcohol have had a tragic history together, ruining many careers and lives along the way. The relationship between drug and sports has been no better. Sports stars often try to push the laws on DUI , only to end up finding out the cost of a DUI. That cost is sometimes fatality, jail time, the end of their career or at the very least public humiliation.

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Mets Moved to a New Stadium in 2009

  • The New York Mets began their 2009 season in unfamiliar territory: on one of the best baseball fields in the league
  • The brand new CitiField, built on adjacent parking lot from the old Shea Stadium, sports a new baseball field layout that is fan friendly along with many special features

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