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April 2, 2013 at 12:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
The best website for baseball statistics today is Fangraphs.com. They give you all the traditional statistics you’re looking for. They’ll provide you with batting averages, home run totals, runs batted in totals, strikeout totals, hit totals, and more. As far as pitchers are concerned, you can find earned run average, wins, strikeouts, walks, and more. Fangraphs.com goes far beyond the traditional baseball statistics. They’ll also give you in-depth views of sabermetrics. Sabermetrics are new baseball statistics that attempt to quantify aspects of the game that used to Read the rest of this entry »
September 16, 2012 at 12:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Major League Baseball is America’s favorite past time. Baseball is a widely popular sport that starts grooming children to become professional ball players at a young age. Little league teams are the foundation upon which many MLB teams and coaches are built upon.
Most MLB coaches played Little League baseball themselves when they were young. This fundamental knowledge of baseball comes in handy for coaches as they progress along the ranks in baseball.
When a baseball player starts their career at a young age they Read the rest of this entry »
September 15, 2012 at 12:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Dallas Braden is an American baseball pitcher with the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball Team. He was born in Phoenix Arizona in 1983. He started playing baseball in little league when he was a child. He went to Texas Tech College. He has had a promising career with the Oakland Athletics.
Everything went well up until April of 2011 when he hurt his shoulder. He had surgery on his left shoulder and did not pitch the rest of the year. The Read the rest of this entry »
September 12, 2012 at 12:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
With the playoffs just around the corner, there are an abundance of stories heating up around Major League Baseball.
Perhaps the biggest story in baseball is what is taking place in Washington, as the Nationals are preparing to shut down star pitcher Stephen Strasburg for the season after just two more starts. The Nationals currently have the best record in baseball and seem to be preparing to head into October without their ace. Strasburg has started 27 games this season and currently has a 15-6 record. The pitcher has dealt with injuries Read the rest of this entry »
September 8, 2012 at 12:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
This year has been an up and down year for some teams, making the standings look a little bit skewed from what they actually should be. The American League is tight in every division, including the East even though the Yankees look like the dominant team by far in that division. The White Sox and Detroit have been back and forth all year in the Central Division, with the Twins looking just as terrible now as when they started the year. Texas has somewhat of a stretch on Oakland, Read the rest of this entry »
September 7, 2012 at 12:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized
The race for the 2012 baseball postseason is becoming clearer as the regular season reaches its climax. Many of the teams that have been regulars in the postseason over the last few years are aiming for a trip to the World Series; a number of teams that have been out of contention in recent years look to be heading to the 2012 postseason.
In terms of form, run scoring ability and the quality of the pitching rotation it is difficult to look past the Washington Nationals as the 2012 World Series champions. A strong batting lineup, including the 2010 number one overall Read the rest of this entry »