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Maybe Bradens Unruly Hill Hurt Rodriguez

Posted by on 12 May 2010, 4:22 am

Does anyone else think Arod is hiding something?

The injury kind of something because fact is Arod is not himself.

Arod’s May 2010 timeline:

  • May 1: Rodriguez pulled in the 9th for Pena to pinch run for him.
  • May 2: Rodriguez gets day-off says Girardi; Cashman spills the beans about Arod’s left knee problem.
  • May 3: Rodriguez back in line-up.
  • May 4: Rodriguez plays complete game.
  • May 5: Rodriguez plays complete game.
  • May 6: no game.
  • May 7: Rodriguez plays complete game.
  • May 8: bottom of the 8th inning Russo replaces Pena at 2B, Pena move to 3B for Rodriguez.
  • May 9: hit homer in fourth to tie Hall of Famer Frank Robinson for seventh place with 586 in total; Russo replaces Rodriguez in 7th inning.
  • May 10: Rodriguez plays complete game.
  • May 11: Just hours before Javier Vazquez was to take the mound in Detroit, it was quietly added that Pena would be playing third base and Arod was going to DH. Continue reading ‘Maybe Bradens Unruly Hill Hurt Rodriguez’ »

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Baseball Basics: Watching A Game, Part Two

Posted by on 29 March 2010, 11:55 pm

Part two: Watching A Game, is to help the newbie fan with basic game lingo.

It will come in handy especially when watching a game on TV or listening on the radio to start to understand the announcers jargon and relating it to whats going on in the game.

BASEBALL’S BASIC LINGO:

Bat: If you don’t know this, STOP and forget baseball.

Baseball: The ball pitchers throw and batters try to hit with the bat.

Bases Empty: Bases are empty.

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Baseball Basics: Watching A Game

Posted by on 16 March 2010, 11:37 pm

Ok, it is time to learn the basics of what goes on in a baseball game, and to make it easier for the newbie it will be split into two posts, over two weeks.

Part One will cover the bare bones about # of games, game break down and how a batter can get on base.

THE SEASON

Baseball season starts in February and ends in October, consisting of three segments, preseason, regular season and post-season.

  1. Pre-season or Spring Training starts in February.
  2. Regular Season starts the first week in April, ending in late September – early October.
  3. Post-Season or Playoffs takes up the month of October, finishing up with the World Series.

There are 30 teams in Major League Baseball.

In a regular season each team plays 162 games.*

A GAME

  • Each team uses nine players in a game.
  • A baseball game is played for nine innings.*
  • Each inning lasts through both teams having a chance at bat and in the field.
  • To start the game, the visiting team will be up at bat first while the home team takes the field.
  • The team at bat hits through three outs and then the teams switch.

UP AT BAT

  • The goal of the game is to score runs.
  • In order to score a run the batter must safely touch first, second, and third bases and end back at home plate.
  • There are many ways to score runs and for batters to get on a base. Here are the basics:

  1. SINGLE: a batter makes it safely to first base.
  2. DOUBLE: a batter makes it safely to second base without stopping.
  3. TRIPLE: a the batter makes it safely to third base without stopping.
  4. HOMERUN: a batter makes it safely around all bases, and back to home without stopping.
  5. GRAND-SLAM: is a homerun, when all the bases are already occupied with a runner, or when the bases or loaded.
  6. WALK: when the batter is pitched four balls, automatically sending him to first base.
  7. HIT BY PITCH: the pitcher hits the batter with the ball, automatically allowing him to go to first base.
  8. ERROR: is when the fielding team makes a mistake (bad throw ir dropping a ball) thus allowing the batter to safely make it to a base. Recorded as an error by the fielder, no credit for a hit given to the batter.

* exception of tied record within a divison where an additional game is played to determine post-season spot.

* in the event of a tied score at the end of the ninth inning, a game goes into extra innings until an inning ends with one team having more runs scored.

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Baseball Basics: The Who, What, Where

Posted by on 9 March 2010, 8:13 am

BASEBALL BASICS

WEEKLY QUESTION:

Last season during the bottom of the second inning, one of my best friend’s cheered, “There is Derek Jeter! Go Jeter!”
Except she was pointing at the catcher, Jorge Posada squatting behind home-plate.
I asked her, “What position does Derek Jeter play?”
She responds, “Hmmm shortstop, right?”

To aide in times like the above, please refer to the basic baseball field outline below.

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