Spring Training is in full swing and since we are so excited for the new MLB season, check out this series of articles that will hold you over until baseball season starts by showing you how those famous pitches are made in baseball. Have you ever watched a pitcher throw during a baseball game and [...]
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The Super Bowl ring is the icing on the cake to any team skilled enough to win the NFL championship. But along with the tradition of giving out Superbowl rings, comes along some pretty quirky facts and history tidbits that many people may not be aware of.
Continue Reading →For years, major sports leagues have tried to make their “All Star” game seem as relevant as MLB’s All Star Game and Home Run Derby. Perhaps its the significance of baseball in our culture that keeps the viewers watching year over year but if there is one thing we can all grasp is that baseball [...]
For the past 8 years, I have been one of those rare females that have played fantasy football. When I first started out, we had a 5 team league consisting of myself, my brother, dad, uncle and my boyfriend at the time. Because almost all of us did not have laptops back in 2004, (and [...]
Have you ever watched a pitcher throw during a baseball game and wondered how he got the ball to move the way it did? How does Tim Lincecum fool so many hitters with his change-up? Want to know how Mariano Rivera gets his cutter to dart and break bats? We’ve got you covered. Now pitchers [...]
Have you ever watched a pitcher throw during a baseball game and wondered how he got the ball to move the way it did? How does Barry Zito throw his lollipop curveball? Want to know how Mariano Rivera gets his cutter to dart and break bats? We’ve got you covered. Now pitchers are tinkerers, always fiddling [...]
Have you ever watched a pitcher throw during a baseball game and wondered how he got the ball to move the way it did? How does Clayton Kershaw throw his terrific slider? Want to know how Mariano Rivera gets his cutter to dart and break bats? We’ve got you covered. Now pitchers are tinkerers, always [...]
Here’s the situation: Dan Haren of the Angels is pitching, and he’s in trouble. He’s got runners in scoring position with less than two outs, so he needs to make a big pitch. A strikeout would be preferable, so what pitch does he turn to? His split-fingered fastball. The split-fingered fastball, or splitter, has been [...]
Have you ever watched a pitcher throw during a baseball game and wondered how he got the ball to move the way it did? How does Justin Verlander throw his 100 mph fastball? Want to know how Mariano Rivera gets his cutter to dart and break bats? We’ve got you covered. Now pitchers are tinkerers, [...]
Do you ever notice at a baseball game the people who sit down and seem to take notes of what happens during a game? Those people are actually tracking the baseball stats for every single play that happens on a field. There is literally a stat for every single thing in baseball. Stats are what [...]
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