Remember how you thought your baseball cards were going to make you rich someday? Well, that surely didn’t happened. Unless you are old. Really, really old. Because while today’s mass produced and well-taken care of baseball cards are never going to be worth much, the
The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals topped the overall MLB baseball standings in 2013. This marked the first time since 1999 that the two teams with the best record have met in the World Series, which was won the the Red Sox. The
Sabermetrics is revolutionizing how baseball is played and understand. New statistics which measure the total worth of a player and help to predict what that player will do in the future have helped baseball executives like Andrew Friedman in Tampa Bay and Billy Beane in
Sabermetrics are taking over baseball. This new mathematical based way of looking at how the game is played now influences how teams evaluate players and construct their rosters. The term Sabermetrics comes from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society of American Baseball Research.
Founded in 1870, the Chicago Cubs are the longest continuous one-city franchise in North American sports history. They are currently in the Central Division of the National League and have played their home games at Wrigley Field in Chicago since 1916. Their colors are blue,
Major League Baseball has a long and colorful history. Check out some its key moments below: 1876 The creation of the National League The National League was formed as a way for club owners of existing franchises to centralize their power, control player movement and
Baseball memorabilia is a big business. If you don’t believe it, check out the prices paid for the 15 most expensive items of baseball memorabilia of all time. And also make sure to check out your elderly relatives attics for old baseball jerseys. One of
Baseball players say the darndest thing. Over the game’s century-and-a-half history many funny, insightful, wise or ridiculous things have been articulated about our national pastime. We’ve compiled some of these great baseball quotes below. “Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.” —
America’s pastime has a rich history of producing some pretty juicy gossip. Check out the five most notorious baseball rumors of all-time. Number 5: Mike Piazza denies he is gay People have been speculating upon the sexuality of celebrities ever since there have been celebrities.
We’ve used the sabermetric statistic WAR (Wins Above Replacement) to determine the twenty best baseball players of all-time. We chose WAR to do the ranking because it attempts to account for all of a players contributions and adjusts for what era they played in. Number