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In 1990, Cecil Fielder hit one over the roof at left field (which is farther away than the roof at right). That was the third ball ever hit over the roof (bouncing) at left field.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
11,111 home runs
They say there were exactly 11,111 home runs hit at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, from 1912 to 1999. The last hit, in the final game at Tiger Stadium in 1999, was a grand slam home run (bases loaded) in the 8th inning by Robert Fick; a blast that hit the roof at right field.
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In 1990, Cecil Fielder hit one over the roof at left field (which is farther away than the roof at right). That was the third ball ever hit over the roof (bouncing) at left field.
Watch this video at Youtube.com
Watch this video at Youtube.com
In 1990, Cecil Fielder hit one over the roof at left field (which is farther away than the roof at right). That was the third ball ever hit over the roof (bouncing) at left field.
Watch this video at Youtube.com
Monday, January 1, 2018
Friday, December 29, 2017
Old School
Maybe (arguably) the most famous baseball players
in Major League Baseball history:
Ty Cobb, 1905-1928
Babe Ruth, 1914-1935
Lou Gehrig, 1923-1939
Joe DiMaggio, 1936-1951
Ted Williams, 1939-1960
Yogi Berra, 1946-1965
Jackie Robinson, 1947-1956
Roger Maris, 1957-1968
Jackie Robinson was the first African American (in the modern era) to play in the majors. At age 28, he broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base in the first game of the 1947 season. In 1997, MLB retired his uniform number; 42.
Josh Gibson (active 1930-1946) did not play in the major leagues. (Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth”. Some fans called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson”.)
In 1961, Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record from 1927 (60 home runs). Maris hit home run number 61 in the last game of the season. (Maris had 590 at-bats in 161 games that year. Ruth had 540 at-bats in 151 games.)
Ty Cobb is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Babe Ruth is the most famous player in baseball history.
Lou Gehrig is most known for his record of 2,130 consecutive games played; despite several injuries, he played in every game from June 1, 1925 - April 30, 1939 (a fourteen-year streak). He ended that streak because he felt something was seriously wrong with him - he had mysteriously lost strength and struggled with making easy outs at first base. A few weeks after this, Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS and he died two years later, at age 37.
(Gehrig's "unbreakable record" of 2,130 games was broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. Cal Ripken Jr. ended his streak, at 2,632 games [17 years], by benching himself before a game in september 1998.)
Joe DiMaggio was an All-Star every season in his career. He is most known for his 56-game hitting streak (and for his marriage with Marilyn Monroe).
Ted Williams is considered one of the best hitters ever.
Yogi Berra won the World Series ten times with the New York Yankees. He is also well known for his "Yogi-isms"; Berra coined the phrase "It ain't over till it's over." He also said:
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
"It's like déjà vu all over again."
"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Yogi Berra (1956)
in Major League Baseball history:
Ty Cobb, 1905-1928
Babe Ruth, 1914-1935
Lou Gehrig, 1923-1939
Joe DiMaggio, 1936-1951
Ted Williams, 1939-1960
Yogi Berra, 1946-1965
Jackie Robinson, 1947-1956
Roger Maris, 1957-1968
Jackie Robinson was the first African American (in the modern era) to play in the majors. At age 28, he broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base in the first game of the 1947 season. In 1997, MLB retired his uniform number; 42.
Josh Gibson (active 1930-1946) did not play in the major leagues. (Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth”. Some fans called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson”.)
In 1961, Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record from 1927 (60 home runs). Maris hit home run number 61 in the last game of the season. (Maris had 590 at-bats in 161 games that year. Ruth had 540 at-bats in 151 games.)
Ty Cobb is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Babe Ruth is the most famous player in baseball history.
Lou Gehrig is most known for his record of 2,130 consecutive games played; despite several injuries, he played in every game from June 1, 1925 - April 30, 1939 (a fourteen-year streak). He ended that streak because he felt something was seriously wrong with him - he had mysteriously lost strength and struggled with making easy outs at first base. A few weeks after this, Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS and he died two years later, at age 37.
(Gehrig's "unbreakable record" of 2,130 games was broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. Cal Ripken Jr. ended his streak, at 2,632 games [17 years], by benching himself before a game in september 1998.)
Joe DiMaggio was an All-Star every season in his career. He is most known for his 56-game hitting streak (and for his marriage with Marilyn Monroe).
Ted Williams is considered one of the best hitters ever.
Yogi Berra won the World Series ten times with the New York Yankees. He is also well known for his "Yogi-isms"; Berra coined the phrase "It ain't over till it's over." He also said:
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
"It's like déjà vu all over again."
"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Yogi Berra (1956)
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Andruw Jones
Center fielder
Andruw Jones makes it look easy.
A great game-ending catch by Jones (2002).
In baseball, the visiting team bats first (usually wearing grey, in the MLB). Only the home team can end a game with a hit.
(Atlanta Braves, 1999)
A great game-ending catch by Jones (2002).
A Larry Walker Classic
Five-time All-Star Larry
Walker thinks he's making the third out and gives the ball to a kid. (After
this “incident”, Walker gave the kid a new ball.)
Why you need a batting helmet
In
1920, infielder Ray Chapman died after being struck in the head by a fastball.
At the time, some players had already started to use different kinds of batting
helmets (leather, cork, etc.).
In 1953, 22-year old Don Zimmer nearly died after being hit in the head by a fastball (in the minor leagues). Zimmer had to undergo brain surgery (where holes were drilled in his skull to relieve the pressure of swelling). He could return to baseball (although he was told his career was over) and he made it to the major leagues the following year. Shortly after this incident, MLB required all hitters to wear a batting helmet.
In 1956, Zimmer was hit in the face by another fastball. That time, he broke his cheekbone.
(Other players in history suffered head injuries as well; some with career-ending skull fractures.)
In this video (from 2016), Cleveland infielder Juan Uribe is hit in the head by a 94-mph (151 km/h) fastball. Thanks to the batting helmet, he did not get injured. (Look at it a few times and notice how little reaction time he has.)
If the batter hits a foul ball in a two-strike count, his turn at bat continues with two strikes. If he bunts the ball foul, however, he is out. The MLB record for most foul balls hit during one at-bat, is 16.
(A hit ball [fair] that rolls or bounces over the foul line, after it has passed first and third base, is still a fair ball.)
In 1953, 22-year old Don Zimmer nearly died after being hit in the head by a fastball (in the minor leagues). Zimmer had to undergo brain surgery (where holes were drilled in his skull to relieve the pressure of swelling). He could return to baseball (although he was told his career was over) and he made it to the major leagues the following year. Shortly after this incident, MLB required all hitters to wear a batting helmet.
In 1956, Zimmer was hit in the face by another fastball. That time, he broke his cheekbone.
(Other players in history suffered head injuries as well; some with career-ending skull fractures.)
In this video (from 2016), Cleveland infielder Juan Uribe is hit in the head by a 94-mph (151 km/h) fastball. Thanks to the batting helmet, he did not get injured. (Look at it a few times and notice how little reaction time he has.)
In this video,
from the 2013 playoffs, Juan Uribe hits a two-run home run for the Los Angeles
Dodgers, after trying to bunt twice (to advance the runner on second base to
third, sacrificing himself.)
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Watch this video at Youtube.com
If the batter hits a foul ball in a two-strike count, his turn at bat continues with two strikes. If he bunts the ball foul, however, he is out. The MLB record for most foul balls hit during one at-bat, is 16.
(A hit ball [fair] that rolls or bounces over the foul line, after it has passed first and third base, is still a fair ball.)
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