Baseball over the past few years has captured many headlines that it did not want as steroid testing in baseball became a major issue. It’s hard to gauge whether the sport of baseball has any more steroid users than other sports but its lax approach to testing and the lateness of the rules banning their use has lead to a slow parade of current and ex-players being outed as users. Baseball steroid testing has evolved into a program with some backbone now and the proposed plan is even stricter.
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Football Game at Christian Heritage School Dalton, Georgia
- A football game at Christian Heritage School in Dalton, Georgia, is an event that is fun and exciting
- The school recently installed a new electronic scoreboard to improve the equipment
- The Christian Heritage School Lions have played many outstanding games in the last few seasons
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Outdoor Premium Electronic Softball Scoreboards
Each sport varies slightly from the next while maintaining similarities. There are similarities between football, baseball and basketball, speaking strictly from generalities such as competition between two teams. Football and basketball share a bit more with alternative methods of scoring and also having a secondary time clock to speed up a game. Baseball has a more closely related sport in Softball, where the rules remain very similar as do the methods of play. The biggest differences in softball are in the pitching, equipment and field dimensions. Even though the differences are relatively minor compared to say the differences in basketball and soccer, they are enough to force someone to pay attention to them when designing a facility to accomodate softball teams.
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Biography of Babe Ruth
Known by many names over a long career in the formative years of the major leagues, George Herman Ruth, as any biography of Babe Ruth will tell you, was and is larger than life. From his dominant stature to his dominant personality and his larger-than-life accomplishments on the field, the Babe Ruth life lives on more than 60 years after his death. The autobiography of Babe Ruth, written by Ruth himself, was probably one of the few that did not need to be written since his life was so well documented from his early entry into baseball.
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Irwin County High School in Ocilla, GA. Indians Crossing The Endzone Line
- Irwin County High School is situated in Ocilla, Georgia, and this school really loves football
- A new scoreboard at this high school has helped to bring in more sports fans and revenue for the school
- The Irwin County High School Indians are a football team that can be very good at crossing the end zone
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LED Video Display Scoreboards Offer the Best Views Ever!
LED lights have entered the world of light technology and have pushed aside all other competitors with relative ease, offering the most energy efficient bulb technology, as well as the ability to surpass a normal halogen or fluorescent bulb in color spectrum displayed, and they are able to be used in massive screens and large LED display boards for businesses and sporting venues. Overall, LED lights have become the gold standard in all things lighting where any sort of complexity of use is involved.
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Chipper Jones’ Contract Extended to 2012
Earlier this month the Atlanta Braves inked a Chipper Jones contract that will most likely ensure that he accomplishes the rarest of feats in modern sport: to only play for one team his entire career. Chipper Jones career is likely to end in Atlanta after signing a $42 million three-year contract that has performance options that could extend into a fourth season and a total of $61 million. Jones would be 41 at the end of the contract if it does extend. The oldest active players in Major League Baseball are both 45 years old and are both pitchers.
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Football Team of Eaton High School at Eaton, Colorado
- The Eaton High School Reds football team really knows the game of football
- This high school football team made it all the way to the playoffs last season
- The new LED scoreboard the school installed really improved the game experience for both the fans and the players
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Fantastic Outdoor Programmable Led Sign Scoreboards
The outdoor LED sign has become and integrated part to many stores, banks, scoreboards, gas stations and hotel chain’s street facing signs, running specials and ads to attract the passing driver. The difference between many of the signs is a matter of cost and what the total use of the sign will be. There are many factors to take into consideration, from the number of signs needed to the size of the led display sign to compliment the sign. In any case, programmable led signs offer many benefits for its inclusion in a street facing sign, scoreboards or message board.
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Controversy Behind Sammy Sosa Cork Bat
Controversy erupted during the first inning of an otherwise normal summer meeting between the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Devil Rays when, during the first inning of the game, Sammy Sosa’s bat broke and umpires found cork inside. The Sammy Sosa bat was quickly picked up as evidence and Sosa was removed from the game. The question for fans everywhere was how prevalent were corked bats in the rest of Sammy Sosa’s life?
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Multi Sport Scoreboard: Pros and Cons
With more and more schools building multi-use fields, scoreboards have had to evolve to handle being able to keep score for multiple sports. To solve this problem, a few companies have started to introduce a multi sport scoreboard that is capable of satisfying the needs of a few different sports throughout the year. Even though this seems like the perfect answer, there are both good points and bad points that need to be considered to make sure this type of scoreboard is right for your school.
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Lagrange, Georgia: Lagrange High School Baseball Team went to AAA State Playoffs
- The Lagrange High School Grangers baseball team has a long history of excellence and victory
- The Grangers took the AAA State Championship title in 2004, and have made the final eight or final four many other years
- Lagrange High School added a new LED scoreboard to attract more visitors and upgrade the equipment
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McConnell-Talbert Stadium in Robins, GA: Home of Houston County Football Teams
McConnell-Talbert Stadium in Robins, Georgia, is where the three big high schools in the top half of the county play football.
A new scoreboard was installed at the stadium, and it makes a terrific addition with many benefits.
For Georgia football fans, McConnell-Talbert Stadium is the place to watch the game.
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Different Types of Pitches and What They’re Meant to Do
Major League professional pitchers choose to throw different types of pitches like a chef chooses ingredients–they are meant to dazzle and surprise. Learning how to throw different types of pitches is important for aspiring pitches of all levels because having a variety of choices keeps the batter guessing and the pitcher ahead in the count. Though there are many types of pitches used in the majors these are the five most common and important to know:
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Best Basketball Scoreboards
- Today’s NBA arenas utilize the most advanced electronic basketball scoreboards available
- As basketball continues to grow so will the use of electronic basketball scoreboards