There’s a scene in the movie “A League of Their Own” where the ball gets away and lands by a young black woman watching the game. She picks up the baseball and throws it smack into the mitt of a player. Today, this woman would be on the team rather than the sidelines. But this was the 1940s and blacks were not allowed to play on white baseball teams. Read more on Black female baseball…

Here is a great trivia question that will mystify your baseball fan friends. You might learn something in the process! There are thirteen different scored plays that result in a batter reaching first base or beyond safely. The plays are shown below, along with their official scoring decision in parenthesis. Use this information as a trivia question or to stump your friends. Read more on Reach First Base…

Mom, apple pie, and baseball. That’s the kind of lofty position baseball once held in the hearts of Americans. It even garnered the coveted title of our “national pastime”. For our parents and grandparents growing up, baseball was the king of sports.
My, how the times have changed. Read more on Оld time baseball…

The Toronto Blue Jays have opened up their wallets and will shell out a whopping $102 million over the next five years on hard-throwing right-hander A.J. Burnett and closer B.J. Ryan. They improved their offense by trading for Lyle Overbay and Troy Glaus.
And you know what’s going to happen next – some fans and media members are going to jump on the Toronto bandwagon because they are sick of New York and Boston’s success. Read more on Blue jays baseball…

In the age of steroids, and overpaid players, and strikes, and egos that are bigger than the national debt, it’s easy to give up on the game of baseball—especially given the cloud of suspicion that hangs over Barry Bonds. Once considered America’s national past-time, baseball has become one of America’s discarded hobbies.

There’s enough blame to go around—from major league officials’ slow reactions to steroid usage to players who don’t have any knowledge of or appreciation for the generations of players who went before them. But the game has always had problems. They just weren’t brought to the light as quickly, or sometimes ever, because the sports media wasn’t as expansive as it is now.
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There aren’t many people who would disagree that baseball is America’s favorite sport. For years it has helped define who we are and what we can achieve, no matter the color of our skin or whether we come from a poor family or a rich family. It’s easy to see why Hollywood has tried to capture our love of baseball, and the following movies prove that baseball will be in our hearts and minds forever, whether we play it, watch it, coach it, or dream about it. Let’s take a look at some good baseball movies, past and present, and if you haven’t watched them all, make a note to do so at some point in the future:
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