"A friend called me up the other day and talked about investing in a dot-com that sells lobsters. Internet lobsters. Where will this end? The next day he sent me a huge package of lobsters on ice. How low can you stoop?"Donald Trump
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A Guide to College Baseball Bats
In the mid 1850s, when baseball was in its infancy, players made their own bats. They experimented with flat bats, round bats, and heavy bats. They ultimately discovered that the barrel shaped bat was the most effective. Today, college baseball bats have ...
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A little history of Bell Helmets!
Do you know that the company that makes Bell helmets did not start out making helmets? It was a company that sold auto parts -- Bell Auto Parts -- started by George Wight in Bell, California, in 1923. In 1933, Rogy Richter went to work for Wight. Richter ...
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A Look at Baseball Batting Gloves
The first baseball gloves to hit the field were created sometime in the late 1800s. These gloves were simplistic compared to today's models. Early gloves were usually made of thin pieces of leather and were precursors to the advanced baseball gloves of ...
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A Look At Indoor Batting Cages
Batting cages play a central role in baseball and softball training. They are enclosures that help control the flight of baseballs and softballs during practice, and can be used to help improve a batter’s speed and accuracy. When shopping for batting ...
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A Look at Tunnel Batting Cages
If you attend a competitive baseball or softball camp, you will likely encounter tunnel batting cages. Just like standard batting cages, "tunnel" models are an invaluable tool for improving a batter's speed and accuracy in hitting a baseball or softball. ...
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A Look at Youth Baseball Bats
When selecting youth baseball bats it is important to consider the bat's length, weight, barrel width, and league requirements. While wood bats are available, most people select aluminum or cutting-edge alloy bats for youth baseball. A general rule is to ...
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A Review of Popular Baseball Bats
Choosing the right baseball bat is as important as batting technique or selecting the right pitch to blast over the center field fence. There are many different kinds of bats designed for Little Leagues, Senior Leagues, college, and pros. Each league has ...
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A Review of Popular Baseball Gloves
When shopping for a new baseball glove, one has many brands, styles and fits to choose from. Companies make many gloves from various materials that can cost as little as $10 or as much as $250 for a custom made glove. The following is a brief review of ...
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A Woman's True Confession: I Finally Understand the Male Obsession with Football...
Football season is here, which means that for the next several weeks - 90% of the male population of the US will spend an enormous amount of their "free time" watching games on TV (the bigger the screen, the better), attending football games (Friday=high ...
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Advantages of Martial Arts for Kids
Martial arts are still considered a rather controversial subject, and the unfortunate misconception that they can promote violence is still present. However, just a little research will show any parent that martial arts promote the exact opposite of ...
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All About The Baseball Jersey
If you are a baseball fan you probably have at least one of these in your closet. The baseball jersey, is all about who you are and what team or player you like. The baseball jersey is more than a fashion statement, not only does it look good and is an ...
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All Sports Are Games! All Games Are Not Sports!
From backgammon to the 3,000 year old Royal Game of Ur., from Oriental kite contests to the universal tit-tat-toe and baseball, games have been, and are played throughout every culture and society known to man. Where is the line drawn between a game ...
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American and Canadian Baseball Fans to Attend Cuban Playoffs
Eighteen intrepid baseball fans are about to score a home run by flying to Havana for the last three games of the Cuban National Series. The trip is being organized by Vancouver-based CubaBall Tours with an Air Canada departure from Toronto scheduled for ...
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An Introduction to Baseball Bats
Whether you enjoy the crack of wood or the ping of aluminum, baseball bats are designed for players ranging from Little Leaguers to professionals. Baseball bats are crafted out of specialized woods, composites or alloys, and aluminum, depending on the ...
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April's Sports View
SPORTS VIEWBy Leigh DouglasAs the ‘madness’ winds down, I find myself having to eat crow. Illinois is for real (I still stand by Carolina winning it all) but the fighting Illini are a much better team than I had given them credit.As the NFL draft ...
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Twins owner Pohlad dead at age 93 - PR Inside
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during his nearly quarter-century as owner, died Monday. He was 93. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig issued a statement confirming ...
US First Cat ‘India’ dies - Daily Times
Washington: The Bush family’s 18-year-old cat, India, has died at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush’s office announced Monday. “The president, Mrs. Bush, Barbara, and Jenna are deeply saddened by the passing of their cat India (“Willie ...
Stardom sudden for Sam - Boston Globe
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Bright lights, big city. And Sam Bradford was enjoying every moment of it - for a different reason. No one stopped the gangly 6-foot-4-inch, 218-pound kid from Oklahoma City and asked for an autograph. No one even gave him a ...
Nosebleed Diaries: Yankees Should Make One More Move - Bleacherreport.com
The Yankees have gone far and beyond anything their faithful could've hoped for this offseason, snatching up the likes of CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, Mark Teixeira, and Nick Swisher. These acquisitions provide the Yankees a solid utility player in ...
Baseball strikes out in Beijing - Los Angeles Times Blogs
There was great fanfare in Beijing before the 2008 Summer Olympics regarding Major League Baseball's first games in China. The Dodgers and San Diego Padres played a couple of exhibitions in March in the gleaming new stadium built for the Olympic ...
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