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April 2003
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The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game.   |
Sports Illustrated
May 7, 2002
Tom Verducci |
April's alter egos Pitching returns to the NL, but offense still reigns in the AL... |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
Allen Barra |
What Barry Bonds did wrong He's the best player in baseball, but hitting 73 home runs at age 37 isn't just unnatural, it might be ruining the game... |
Sports Illustrated
August 14, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Going the Other Way The dead pull hitter is dying out as batters crush the ball to the opposite field... |
Sports Illustrated
August 15, 2000
Rick Reilly |
The 'Roid to Ruin It's not the balls. It's not the parks. It's not the pitchers. It's not the bats. It's not the mud. It's the players. You want juiced? The players are juiced. Steroids. Nukes. Testosterone cocktails. |
AskMen.com
April 16, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Play Pool There's something inherently cool about pool. We think of it and we think of smoky dives, smooth jazz and beautiful dames. Now imagine how hip you'll look when you can play like a pro. |
Wired
April 24, 2007
John Wolfson |
Ball Busters The lonely engineers who keep Major League Baseball honest. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
Sports Central
July 24, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Bringing New Meaning to Free Trade America's national pastime continues to rake in record high revenues, yet it continues to remain deaf to concerns about the manufacture of equipment and uniforms and unfair labor practices in the third world. |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2003
Tom Verducci |
Man vs. Machine Pitchers are swinging away and umpires are crying foul, but QuesTec, baseball's high-tech strike zone evaluator, is good for the game |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
The golden age of pitching is now When you consider what today's hurlers have to deal with, our low opinion of them is way off-base. Plus: Does God answer NASCAR prayers? |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pitchers strike out Umps will call 'em high, but Maddux is down and out... |
Sports Illustrated
February 20, 2001
Daniel G. Habib |
A Selig Smoke Screen Talk of beanballs and a new draft clouds baseball's big issue... |
Sports Central
February 27, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Bring Instant Replay to Balls and Strikes MIT has produced a study looking at how umpires call balls and strikes depending on the count. |
Sports Central
February 18, 2010
Diane M. Grassi |
Baseball, Rawlings Bring New Meaning to Free Trade In 2006, this reporter shed light on the seemingly unfair labor practices taking place in Costa Rica in a factory operated by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc. |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2002 |
Saving baseball The August 5 issue of Sports Illustrated lays out a simple plan to get baseball back on track. Topping the magazine's list of suggestions is that Nolan Ryan be installed as the game's new commissioner. |
Sports Central
January 20, 2014
Corrie Trouw |
David Stern, Model Commissioner In the next two weeks, NBA Commissioner David Stern will step down after 30 years in that position. Such milestones often spur nebulous discussions of legacy, as if a person's work can definitively be reduced to a single moment of significance. |
AskMen.com
November 6, 2013 |
Is George W. Bush Going To Take Over Professional Baseball? Regardless of your positioning on the right or left side of the aisle, there is no denying the former Texas Rangers owner's qualifications for that job. |
Salon.com
October 23, 2002
Keith Olbermann |
Once again, baseball triumphs over humanity Bud Selig and his goons celebrate the Fall Classic by cracking down on a Giants pitcher's tribute to a fallen friend. |
Sports Illustrated
January 24, 2002
Frank Deford |
This Bud's for who? The controversies continue for baseball's commissioner... |
AskMen.com
Mr. Mafioso |
Busting Balls Busting balls is a virtue -- do you know how to do it successfully? Here are some tips: Make it public... Impromptu... Mind job... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2004
Bill Mann |
Can Callaway Get a Mulligan? The golf company's quarter was so-so. Not according to its press release. |
Sports Illustrated
April 2, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Striking Out Bud Selig wants you to be reassured. The baseball commissioner announced last week that the owners will not lock out the players this season... |
Sports Central
February 2, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Selig's Legacy, For Better and For Worse Part of the problem is that, say what you will of the man one way or the other, Selig really is a baseball fan when all is said and done. |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2002
John Garrity |
A lesson learned What's the point in being in Florida in March if you can't hit golf balls? |
Sports Central
March 10, 2005
Tyson Wirth |
Baseball's Great Secret There was a time when baseball was a game of constants, a game you could rely on. The rules of the game were simple and universal: the Red Sox were cursed, Babe Ruth was without equal, and good pitching was superior to good hitting. |
U.S. CPSC
March 31, 2011 |
Consumer Alert: CPSC Warns of Deadly Danger with Water Walking Balls The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging consumers to stop participating in a new type of water-related recreational activity, due to the potential risks of suffocation and drowning. |
Sports Illustrated
April 20, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Home runs getting you down? Baseball Q&A: Dave Stieb... bored with home run after home run?... why isn't anyone hitting .400?... etc. |
U.S. CPSC
November 15, 2001 |
JA-RU Inc. Recall "Blast Balls" Toys When consumers strike the "Blast Balls" together, sparks can ignite, posing a burn hazard. |
Sports Illustrated
December 3, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Predictions, predictions Some prognostication for tennis in 2002... The physics of tennis... |
Global Services
July 29, 2007
Adyasha Sinha |
Q&A With Alfredo Ribeiro, HP Costa Rica HP has an IT and support service center in Costa Rica, which was created in August 2003, to provide services to their main client P&G. |
Sports Illustrated
May 27, 2002
Grant Wahl |
World Cup ball has a mind of its own For all the controversy over the years about whether baseballs are juiced -- Major League Baseball has never admitted to doing so -- the funny thing about the World Cup is that soccer officials trumpet the fact that their ball comes equipped with an extra kick... |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Stephen Treffinger |
Finding the Right Office Football A pigskin that you can play a real game with, but that's small enough to hide in a drawer if the boss is on the prowl. |
Sports Central
November 15, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Let There Be Replay, at Long Enough Last And baseball umpires will still be only human. But getting it right when pennant races or championships turn is as right as mere humans and the technologies humans create can get. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2001
Scott Oldham |
Bombs Away From round to watermelon to its present familiar shape, the football has been stoking the passions of fans for over 100 years... |
Fast Company
July 2010
David Lidsky |
B330-Rx Golf Ball Designed for Average Players Bridgestone Golf designs a ball for the rest of us. |
U.S. CPSC
April 30, 2010 |
Sportime Recalls Sports Balls Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard Surface paints on the sports balls contain excessive levels of lead which is a violation of the federal lead paint standard. |
AskMen.com
May 15, 2002
Steve Richer |
How To: Play Soccer While it's true that most twenty-year-olds probably have more gray hair than the added score of the average soccer match, the game is nevertheless a blast to play. The size of players doesn't matter and you don't need a smorgasbord of equipment... |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
Most Effective Exercise Ball Movements Too many guys still think that ab exercises are all that can be done with an exercise ball. That's just not the case. |
U.S. CPSC
September 14, 2010 |
Fun Stuff Recalls Children's Toys Due to Choking Hazard The small balls on the end of the toy's arms can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. The toys were marketed for children age 3 and over. CPSC staff has designated these toys for children between the ages of 19 to 35 months. |
U.S. CPSC
April 16, 2009 |
Fitness Balls Recalled by EB Brands Due to Fall Hazard; New Assembly Instructions Provided An overinflated fitness ball can unexpectedly burst while in use, causing the user to fall to the floor. |
