The Toronto Blue Jays came into the American League East as an expansion team in 1977. They were the second baseball team to be based outside of the United States, following the Montreal Expos who had made their debut in 1969. (The Expos moved
The Washington Nationals franchise entered the National League in 1969 as the Montreal Expos. They currently play in the league’s Eastern division. The Nationals’ team colors are red, white and navy and their home field in Nationals Park in Washington DC. Montreal had had
Throughout baseball history players looking for an edge of have turned to steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. In fact the first player to be associated with PED was Century Hall of Fame hurler Jim “Pud” Galvin who played way back in the 19th
A baseball score sheet or scorecard is the form which baseball fans, journalists and announcers use to keep score. The baseball scoresheet was invented by sportswriter Henry Chadwick in the 1870s, but the methods of keeping score have evolved significantly since then. The
Being a great baseball player and being a famous baseball player are two different things. Fame depends on factors beyond a player’s on-field contributions, such as a player’s personality, his activities outside of baseball and where and when the player played. However to be
When Ted Williams played baseball he said his goal was to have people point at him and say “There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.” By the time Williams retired in 1960 the man they called “The Splendid Splinter” had made
Bo Jackson played Major League Baseball between 1986 and 1994, although the latter half of his career was severely limited by injuries. For his career he hit .250 in 2393 at-bats with 141 home runs and 82 stolen bases in 114 attempts. He had
There are currently 243 Minor League baseball teams with the majority acting as affiliates for Major League baseball clubs. Below we’ve listed all 30 big league teams, organized by league and alphabetical order, and their corresponding minor league teams. American League Baltimore Orioles Norfolk
In 1994 Michael Jordan played one year of minor league baseball for the Double-A Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox affiliate. The stats he put up were less than impressive. In 497 plate appearances the the NBA legend hit .202 with a .289 OBP and
Babe Ruth is the likely the best — and certainly the most famous — baseball player there ever was. So it should come as no surprise that his baseball cards are among the valuable ever printed. Babe Ruth baseball cards aren’t just rare because everybody’s