The National League of Major League Baseball not only crowned the World Series champion in 2008, it always rewarded some familiar faces in its postseason awards. Both the the National League MVP and the Manager of the Year 2008 have already won those titles at least once. The Cy Young Award, and, of course, the National Rookie of the Year went to newcomers.
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During the 2007-2008 seasons and offseason there was no relaxation for New York Yankee star Alex Rodriguez. Used to facing the pressure at the plate, Rodriguez took three strikes in life and limped back to the dugout. He went through the Alex Rodriguez steroid scandal, the Alex Rodriguez Madonna scandal and just the plain old Alex Rodriguez scandal regarding his agent Scott Boras and his on again, off again contract with the Yankees. Baseball’s best all-around player just couldn’t skirt one issue after another.
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The spectacle of sport is enhanced if not created by rivalries and no rivalry has lasted as long as the Boston Red Sox vs. Yankees. The Red Sox Yankees rivalry not only matches some of the best baseball teams of this era but consistently has matched up some of the best baseball teams in history.
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There are dramatic differences between the major and minor baseball leagues in America. Though major league baseball and minor league baseball share the same rule book, that is about where the commonality ends. The size of the leagues, pay scales, players, venues and many other factors are worlds apart.
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After the 2008 season, there were plenty of high profile baseball free agents that teams could not wait to sign. While economic worries caused teams to move cautiously, there soon were enough blockbuster trades to keep every baseball free agent tracker busy. Though no records were set for individual contracts, the baseball free agent list below shows that 2009 was still very kind to the big names.
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In the summer of 2008, fans saw what might have been the last time that baseball at the Summer Olympics will be held. The 10-day tournament at the Wukeson Baseball Field in Beijing, China will be the last time baseball summer games take place unless the IOC (International Olympic Committee) votes to reinstate it later this year. Baseball will definitely not be held at the 2012 Olympics in London.
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The fastest baseball pitchers in history are difficult to pin down due the lack of reliable measuring devices in the early years. The fastest baseball pitch ever recorded, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is Nolan Ryan’s 100.9 mph fastball thrown in a game against the Chicago White Sox in 1974. That record has been eclipsed by various pitchers and we’ve included a list of the fastest baseball pitches below. The fastest recorded baseball pitch as of this writing was accomplished by Joel Zumaya in October 2006. The fastest pitch in baseball history may soon be recorded by a college junior who routinely throws over 100 mph.
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Any biography of Ted Williams will run through the various nicknames that his great baseball batting brought him: Teddy Ballgame, the Splendid Splinter, and The Thumper. Perhaps the most descriptive of all was the first one he was given and the one that stuck until the end: simply The Kid. After all, he began his professional career before he finished high school.
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The highest scoring game in baseball Major League history is not just one game. There is one game that had the highest combined baseball game score and another where one team scored more runs than any other in history. Both of these games (actually three total) were incredible outliers for a game where the average score usually adds up to ten runs or less. The other interesting fact about all of these highest scoring games in baseball is that none of them featured stars sluggers that you would expect in these home run derbies.
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The best baseball video games of recent years show dramatic improvements in most cases with better engines driving more realistic graphics and more astute management functions. The market for video games has also become more exclusive. Each system has their own titles and the best baseball games 2008 and other recent years depend on which system you use. The best baseball games PC are different titles and designers than the best baseball games XBOX and those for Sony Playstation. Moreover, the genre suffered a big setback a few years ago when Electronic Arts stopped making baseball video games.
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Major League Baseball has teamed up with many international non profit organizations in its lifetime but perhaps none is quite as near to its heart as the ALS Association. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is a devastating disease that is known more often as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” named for the Hall of Fame first baseman who was struck with this disease that cut short his storybook career in the major league of baseball.
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USA Today Sports lines released its annual “100 Names You Need to Know” at the beginning of April. This annual list of top prospects who are set to play in the Major Leagues during the coming season, is so influential that the USA Today sports spreads change for teams that are lucky enough to have players in the top 10.
USA Today Sports Weekly: Top 10 for 2009
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The 2008 baseball all star game was the last one to be held in Yankee Stadium. This version of the all stars baseball game was the 79th exhibition between the American and National leagues. The 2009 baseball all star game will commemorate the 80th exhibition to determine home field advantage for the World Series. In a closely fought game there were a couple of “dingers” that left some lucky fans all star game baseballs as souvenirs.
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There are a number of teams in baseball that are still waiting to win their first World Series title. For some, they have visited the championship but not come away with the baseball World Series title. For others, they have never made it at all. For some teams it has been so long since their last World Series title that no one who is alive can remember it.
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