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BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Jay Greene |
High-Tech Homers High-tech bats have quickly become must-have equipment for nearly every slow-pitch softball player, from recreation league novices to elite sluggers.   |
Science News
April 9, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Sosa's Corked Bat How does a corked bat help a hitter? Actually, there's little scientific evidence that corking a bat actually makes much of a difference. But that didn't stop the rousing controversy that surrounded Major League Baseball's Sammy Sosa in June, 2003. |
Sports Central
March 18, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Baseball's Unending Controversies Controversies regarding Pete Rose and aluminum bats have bubbled back up to the surface this week. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Steve Cooper |
Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr. goes to bat with a business to promote the joy of baseball. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Mark Hyman |
Take me Out to the Museum Baseball museums can't compete with the ballpark for the excitement of a squeeze bunt or the taste of a hot dog slathered with sauerkraut. But what they lack in ambiance they make up in their evocation of the rich history of the game. And there's more places to visit than just Cooperstown. |
CFO
February 1, 2012
Scott Leibs |
In the Swing of Things Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in just a few days, but at Hillerich & Bradsby, manufacturer of the iconic Louisville Slugger baseball bat, new CFO Lawrence Writer has been on the field since November. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Jim Kaat |
The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Grainy Issue Remains For MLB Bat Makers MLB would be doing itself a service if it far more respected those who brought it to the dance -- the fans and the small businesses that prop it up. |
Popular Mechanics
September 5, 2008
Chris Ladd |
With Makeshift Bat Cave, MLB to Scan Broken Wood for Fan Safety As the crack of the bat grows increasingly dangerous, instant replay isn't the only high-tech rethink in the works for Major League Baseball. Scientists are hard at work developing new designs for bats to keep stadiums safe. |
Wired
April 24, 2007
John Wolfson |
Ball Busters The lonely engineers who keep Major League Baseball honest. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Onomitsu & Ozasa |
Japan's Mizuno Swings for the Fences The sports equipment maker is focusing its resources to expanding in the U.S. |
Fast Company
September 14, 2011
Emma Haak |
Baseball By The Billions (Of Dollars) How do you assemble a great American pastime? With bats, balls, beer -- and a pro league that nets $6.1 billion in revenue. As the World Series looms, we break down what's driving Baseball Inc. |
Sports Central
October 1, 2009
Mark Chalifoux |
Why Kids Need Drugs I'm not familiar with little league rules these days, but I'm assuming they followed Major League Baseball's lead and banned performance enhancers. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Bats Whittled Down to Uneven Playing Field If MLB wants to be taken seriously in preserving the integrity of the game, it must do a far better job of it rather than its present lethargic effort. |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
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... |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
Sports Central
September 5, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
Are MLB Bats the New PEDs? Of note is the correlation that primarily since 2003, when MLB initiated its survey drug testing, which later led to full-blown testing in 2004, that bats have been breaking at a rapid pace, and more and more each season. |
PC Magazine
March 3, 2009
Daniel S. Evans |
MLB 09: The Show Whatever level of baseball realism you want and whether you want to work your way up, just play the Big One, manage -- you name it, this PS3, PSP, and PS2 game lets you do it. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: MLB With the 2008 season well underway, let's take a look through the complicated history of the league and pro baseball to present five things you didn't know about Major League Baseball. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004 |
Batting Physics Led by high-end models, bat sales have doubled in the past 10 years, to $170 million. |
PC Magazine
June 20, 2007
Robert Strauss |
Tech Me Out to the Ball Game Major League Baseball has devised some high-tech ways to keep fans happy both at home and in the stands. |
Sports Central
May 25, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Who's Stealing Baseball's Limelight? With Major League Baseball's perennial sluggers just digging in, with their big bats finally coming around as the season's second quarter begins, we have been treated to the feats of several players who have unexpectedly captured the pastime's attention. |
Salon.com
August 1, 2001
Allen Barra |
Play ball? You bet The Wall Street Journal says kids aren't interested in the national pastime anymore. The folks who sell baseball gear beg to differ... |
Sports Central
September 30, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
George Shuba, RIP: Making History Serenely Shuba died as the last man standing who'd played on both the 1946 Royals and the 1955 Dodgers. He also kept only one visible baseball memento in his home, a framed copy of his home plate handshake with Jackie Robinson. |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
King Kaufman |
Almost triumphant You win some, you lose some, some get rained out. No hard feelings. Except for me... |
Sports Central
August 8, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
League Called, On Account of Decadence Verbal and physical confrontations involving parents of young baseball players forced a Youth Baseball League to shut down for five days and prompted the league's president to take action. |
Sports Central
December 7, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
Baseball's Oldest Profession, Revisited Anyone who thinks cheating in baseball began in earnest with the Fabulous BALCO Boys is in dire need of a history lesson. Class is now in session. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2005
Adam Russell |
Baseball's Five Biggest Surprises As it is nearly every year, the early part of the Major League Baseball season includes a number of surprises. |
Sports Central
September 17, 2007
Joe Boesch |
Baseball Heals All Americans embrace baseball because it symbolizes peace and tranquility. |
Sports Illustrated
October 3, 2000
Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Homers began the year with a bang but ended with a (relative) whimper... |
Sports Central
August 17, 2005
Josh Frank |
Baseball's Numbers Game: One For the Record In the midst of the latest steroid scandals, baseball has found its record books being threatened. But this isn't the first time those records have come under assault by a changing game. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
David Coburn |
This Is My Job: Baseball Bat Maker A 25-year-old's love of baseball brought him to Sam Bat, an Ottawa-based manufacturer that produces maple bats for more than 150 pro players. |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
Baseball by the Numbers Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, tells the fascinating story of how Billy Beane has come tantalizingly close, as a general manager, to turning the Oakland Athletics -- one of the poorest teams in baseball -- into an Ugly Duckling success and a perennial contender. |
Sports Illustrated
October 8, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Not so fast Baseball overlooks one thing when saluting past stars: the pre-1947 exclusion of black players from the major leagues... |
CIO
March 15, 2004 |
Rulings on the Field - Sports A Bronx cheer greeted Major League Baseball's use of the Umpire Information System from QuesTec in 2003. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2006
Jeff Hwang |
EA's NCAA MVP EA makes something out of nothing with the first-ever college baseball game. The shame is that this will probably be the best baseball game on the market this year, but it's likely that only the most die-hard video-game baseball fans will play it. |
Sports Illustrated
April 26, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Vlad, undervalued? Believe it Baseball Q&A: Who is over/under rated?... Considering how thin starting pitching is, why don't managers entertain the idea of returning to the days of four-man rotations?... Are the Braves interested in acquiring A-Rod in the off-season?... etc. |
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. |
Salon.com
March 9, 2001
King Kaufman |
"Inside Pitch" by George Gmelch Podunk towns, brutal competition, wooden bats and dirty laundry -- an anthropologist shows what the lives of pro baseball players are really like... |
Sports Central
August 3, 2007
Joe Boesch |
The MLB Connection in Israel Was bringing the game of baseball to Israel designed to expand the game -- or create a distract from some of Major League Baseball's problems? |
CFO
Tim Reason |
Diamonds in the Rough Minor league baseball is afraid of becoming a victim of its own success... |
Sports Central
September 20, 2006
Ryan Day |
The Team Everybody Wants to Play Florida is ripe with young baseball talent. Yet, beginning in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have done nothing but lose, finishing last in their division in every year except one. |
Sports Central
November 19, 2005
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
A-Rod and Bartolo: Definitely Valuable Boston's hatred of Alex Rodriguez ends with the fans of their beloved team. On Monday, A-Rod was rightfully voted the Most Valuable Player in the American League by the baseball writers for the second time in three years. |
Sports Central
September 9, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
September May Bring Baseball's Best While the playoffs are still three weeks away, the regular season is far from over. Ignore these final weeks, in anticipation of the actual postseason, and you might miss out on some of the best that baseball has to offer. |
Sports Central
April 15, 2013
Adam Russell |
MLB Should Consolidate the Leagues Could there ever be the possibility of MLB proposing a unified organization with consistent rules and a more objective schedule? If enough fans jump on the bandwagon, it most certainly could be possible. |
Salon.com
October 17, 2001
Allen Barra |
The decline and fall of the Yankees -- I mean, the A's Ancient arrogance beats the youthful variety -- this time... |
Salon.com
June 13, 2001
Allen Barra |
By George, he's back Steinbrenner lashes out at the Yankees, just like old times. And this time, he's actually got a point... |
Sports Central
October 3, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
Indians Face Long Winter Ahead Nine out of the last 10 years, 93 wins was good enough to earn a wildcard berth in the American League. Unfortunately for the Cleveland Indians, this year it wasn't. |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2005
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Hardball Software If you can't get enough of the Great American Pastime at your local stadium or on TV, these baseball video games will make you happier than a hot dog and a soda: Baseball Mogul 2006... Diamond Mind Baseball 9... etc. |
