Thursday, September 30, 2010
A long came some legends
Baseball was developing at a vast rate. The world series was becoming a huge deal, as teams like The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox's are usual's competing for this prized possession. Ironically the Cubs have not won that trophy in one hundred and two years! The Red Sox's didn't win it for 86 years till they came back and won it in 2004. They were believed to be cursed. They called it the curse of Bambino. Bambino of course is the man everyone should know, the great Babe Ruth. In 1918, The Boston Redsox's made a trade of this living legend. They had traded him to The New York Yankees. The rest is history as The Yankees have gone on and won 27 world championships since then. From the house that Ruth built, to the new ground also known as The House that George built. In recognition of the late owner George Steinbrenner. But Babe Ruth had a remarkable career hitting 714 homeruns, a career batting average of .342 and an astonishing 2,213 Runs batting in. He was an easy first time hall of famer. Him and a guy known as Ty Cobb. Second on the all time hit list with 4,189, a career average of .366. Remarkable stats to say the least. Then comes another Yankee great the "Iron Horse". Lou Gherig another man who had a remarkable but short career. He was another easy first time hall of famer, with 493 homeruns, 2,721 career hits and 1,995 career runs batted in. He died at the young age of 37, with the disease formerly known as Lou Gherig disease, which is when your body starts to lose strength, decay slowly leading to death. These three man have a huge impacts on making this sport as grand as it is today. With their key contributions, these guys have left a trademark and a big one and have influenced many more of the greats!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Now we begin
It all started with a ball and a stick. Actually the ball was a rock but close enough. Who would of knew that this sport would advance so far to what we have today? The first known origins of this sport came in about 1853, where men would play countless hours of stick ball. The ball was made of leather, and they did not have gloves it was all bare hands. Not until 1878 they came out with the first glove, and they started to run bases as this sport was starting to develop. The wooden bats did not come out til a coule of years later. In fact he bats that they used were huge like a caveman type of bat. The first league would be set into baseball in 1887. This league had 8 teams and they just played for fun. Not until 1898 this sport took on some revenue and the guys were starting to play for competition and competing for a trophy. And the league had advanced to 16 teams as some of the well known franchises of today are established. Like the Cubs or The Red Sox's. This was becoming a new and the start of the turn of the century for baseball.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Journey
Through out the years many people have influenced baseball. Their contributions has helped this sport be established throughout the world. Americans past time has influenced different cultures, and helped create an international hype. Whether its through the Little League World Series all the way to the World Baseball Classic, different cultures compete with one another through each age group. Most men intend to make it to the majors a.k.a. Major League Baseball where the most elite players compete with one another all for the trophy. Not to many people make but plenty of them try. There are different levels for these guys to play at if they cannot make it to the big stage. Whether it is Minor League Baseball or Beer league men will compete for a prize and most importantly have fun. The best part about baseball is many different things can occur from one different play. This is the main reason why I love this sport so much! So visualize through the journey that this sport may bring you, as I will try to present this sport to you the best that I can.
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