Baseball
- 1. The Team Sport of the Individual The Cruelest Sport
- 3. Everything that every player does is accounted for and everything is either good or bad, right or wrong. Toward the supreme goal of winning baseball games every act counts as either a debit or a credit. Nothing is overlooked and there is no middle ground. Page 57
- 4. The Snodgrass Muff -New York Giants outfielder Fred Snodgrass, dropped an easy fly ball hit by Boston Red Sox pinch hitter Clyde Engle in the tenth inning of the final game (Oct. 12) of the 1912 World Series. http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/baseballjargon.htm Hes going for the cycle -Means when a single individual is going to hit a single, double, triple, and homerun in the same game. -No Hitter, or Saved the Game -Just for the pitcher Fence Buster -A heavy hitter Early Shower -When a pitcher is pulled from the game early for ineffectiveness, he is said to be removed for an early shower or to hit the showers. http://www.suite101.com/content/baseball-slang-dictionary- from-dh-a21778 SIGNS TO PLAYERS ON BASE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgGszXtm7n0 clip.
- 5. Stats are for individual player use -Batting average -Stolen bases -The pitchers record/ saves Outs/strikes/ balls, in an inning are made by an individual person Teams record (separate)
- 6. Advertising Individual Players appear in commercials, magazine s etc. -Usually players who perform well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGUx5FW5fQ clip Promotion for world series, single out http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.antiquea thlete.com/antique-baseball-memorabilia/yogi-berra-yoohoo- advertising.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.antiqueathlete.com/vi ntage-baseball- memorabilia.shtml&usg=__HLMt3Cjmcw2yyPqtgzQlJLDaKQc= players &h=555&w=363&sz=41&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Cnbd FyANXrCo3M:&tbnh=151&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Db aseball%2Badvertising%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1 920%26bih%3D840%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc& vpx=127&vpy=306&dur=1160&hovh=278&hovw=181&tx=113 &ty=164&ei=QF2OTIajI8Sclgf985TKAg&oei=QF2OTIajI8Sclgf98 5TKAg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=45&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_2PlQrL28 clip
- 7. Balking Pitcher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLpAI59MRnc clip Errors, specific to individual players Different positions, can use different types of equipment The first baseman may wear a leather glove or mitt not more than twelve inches long from top to bottom and not more than eight inches wide across the palm, measured from the base of the thumb crotch to the outer edge of the mitt http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/objectives_1.jsp Stealing bases, and tagging up is focused on one player
- 8. Specific players jersey Trading cards Buying individual players apparel (clothing lines etc.)
- 9. T.V. is advanced, however; - Baseball is one sequence at a time - Only the players involved are shown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMYejsgJCmk&feature=related clip FOOTBALL IS SHOWING MOST EVERYONE at the same time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwVlTR_49n4&feature=related clip
- 11. Bill Buckner/ Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbGHa 1Pl8b0 clip Luis Castillo (#1 on not top 10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVQXsP5jd Y&feature=related clip The courage to perform knowing that the frequent and inevitable failures will be personal ones, responsibility for which cannot be shirked, will be universally known, and will be recorded forever. Page 60
- 12. Jim Joyce Made a call It was wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_8BbJ8e Z0&feature=related clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxEF- V4fio&feature=related clip
- 13. Billy Goat Curse (1945) "Them Cubs, they aren't gonna win no more" Curse of the Great Bambino (1918-2004)
- 14. After the Cubs fan lost the game by grabbing a fly ball As they filed away from what was supposed to be a major victory party, some spoke of the legendary Cubs curse. As the story goes, the owner of a Chicago tavern put a curse on the Cubs when he and a goat were denied entry to a 1945 World Series game against Detroit. The Cubs went on to lose that series 4-3; since then, it's been one heartbreak after another. In 1969, the Cubs collapsed late in the season, passed in the standings by New York's "Miracle" Mets. In 1973, the Mets once again overtook the Cubs. In 1984, the Cubs led the Padres 2-0 in the NL championship series -- only to lose three straight games in San Diego. The Cubs returned to the playoffs in 1989 and 1998, but failed to win a series either time. "Hopefully we pull it off tomorrow, but nothing's for granted," said a dejected Jason Forsyth, 30, of Elwood, who clutched a beer outside a sports bar near the ballpark. Fox News October 15th, 2003
- 16. Cubs Fans Blame Heartbreaking Loss on Fan's Blunder Wednesday, October 15, 2003 CHICAGO Chicago Cubs supporters showed up for a night-long party at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, only to have their raucous celebration snuffed by a stunning late-inning rally that left them cursing one fellow fan. In a stunning eighth-inning turnaround, the Florida Marlins took advantage of left fielder Moises Alou's run-in with a fan on a foul fly and an error by shortstop Alex Gonzalez to score eight runs in an 8-3 victory Tuesday night, forcing the NL championship series to a Game 7. People who minutes earlier had been dancing and singing the praises of their home team suddenly turned their wrath on the fan who grabbed for the fly ball. Obscene chants echoed from inside the stadium and from the surrounding streets, where thousands had gathered to celebrate what they hoped would be the Cubs' first trip to the World Series since 1945. Ballpark guards escorted the man, who was wearing a Cubs hat, from his seat along the low outfield wall and into a security office as the game ended. He covered his face with a sweater as he walked past fans who pelted him with cups of beer and shouted obscenities. Some chanted "kill him." Jim Cuthbert, 33, of Lombard, said he was sitting about 15 to 20 rows behind the fan and was kicked out after approaching to berate him. "My wife was hanging on to my arm. I was going nuts. That idiot. We were five outs away," Cuthbert said. Fans outside the ballpark at first couldn't believe what they were hearing on radios or watching on portable televisions. "I hope he gets an escort out," said Mary Krueger of suburban Niles, who watched the mishap on a portable TV while standing on Waveland Avenue behind Wrigley's outfield wall. "One more night, that's all." But for other fans, the sudden turnaround brought back fans' worst fears of the Cubs' many previous late-season collapses. Fox News October 15th, 2003
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