How can North America have "World Series" Baseball competition when there are only two countries to be involved? Who was the person who suggested this idea?
A guy named dreyfuss suggested the top teams of the nl and al battle each other. This began the first world series. Because America, or North America, is the whole world, apparently. But note, people from across the globe play in the MLB, today. Certainly that wasn't always the case.
What can I do to become a professional baseball player?
I’m sorry but you would be better served taking your interest in baseball a different direction ie.. baseball writer, analytics, scouting etc… If you haven’t played organized baseball since the second grade, I have to really question your desire to play. I travel all over the world watching players as young as 14 play in tournaments and showcases and witness first hand the extreme desire these youngsters have to want to use baseball to improve their lives. Baseball is not a game you can take time off from and expect to compete against players whose sole focus is to reach professional status. I would encourage you to take inventory of your dreams and put together a realistic plan that takes into account your current abilities and desires.
How did Michael Jordan become interested in basketball?
MJ played 3 sports in high school: basketball, baseball, and football with basketball being the one that excelled at. Those who grew up with him said that he always had a competition problem and tried to outdo everyone in anything that he got involved in. You could only imagine how he felt when he was told that he was too small for varsity as a sophomore in high school in the sport that he was best at out of the three that he played. He worked to outdo everyone else from that day forth in the thing that he was best at.
Will soccer become a main stream sport in the United States like baseball and football?
It seems doubtful that Americans will ever embrace soccer the way the entire world does. There are several factors at play.1.) The talent pool is much smaller here. Kids will tend to play other sports such as baseball, basketball, or flag football. So once those kids are grown up, there are far fewer good players to populate a worthwhile soccer league. 2.) Americans overall attitude to soccer differs drastically from the rest of the world. I often hear the praises of soccer; all you need is a ball, it's accessible to even the poorest communities, it is a simple concept (kick the ball into the goal). But for Amercians, soccer occupies a different mental arena. It is arguably most popular with upperclass people here. I have several female friends who played soccer at prep school, high school, or clubs. All of them being upperclass-middle class. I doubt I'm the only one who knows girls with this past. So for an American, our main perception is not impoverished countries embracing a romantic game; it is a borderline elitist game that boarding school girls play.3.). Americans over the past 2 centuries have relished the "F-U" role we play in the world. I don't mean that we're assholes, but we aren't exactly looking to other countries for guidance...on anything. This is a national flaw to a degree, but Amercians take an almost perverse pride in saying, "Yeah, we don't like soccer even tho the rest of the world does. It's boring". It's like 300 million hipsters rejecting the cool fashionable thing, i.e. soccer. It has become cool to dislike soccer. This same attitude may be linked to the reason we don't use the metric system.4.) We don't have any room to care about soccer. Baseball, basketball, and football were all invented and popularized in the U.S. There is a romantic history to baseball with the 1927 Yankees (Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig), the 1919 Black Sox, Mark McGuire (the steroid drama), Jackie Robinson breaking down racial barriers, etc.Football has the whole leatherhead era, the Flying V, Joe Namath, and The Super Bowl.Basketball has Wilt Chamberlin scoring 100, MJ with the Bulls, Lebron James.We have virtually none of that tradition, or none of those superstars for soccer, the women's team not withstanding (that's more recent).
Why is baseball losing popularity in the U.S.?
Well, the increasing length of games and the declining offense has led to less action in each inning. Pitchers keep delaying and batters keep doing time-outs. Tom Verducci has made some controversial remarks on this issue to boost offense. Due to the post-steroid era, the casual fans lost interest with the sport. Also, the growth of technology and social media has given more interests in other things than just baseball. Now, we are in a fast-paced society Remember? Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, baseball was everywhere. People played the sport casually, recreationally, etc People even collected baseball cards. It was also popular on the news because of the home-run records. If you live in the suburbs, rural areas, or any wealthy area, baseball is still around.
Why is baseball such a boring sport?
i know the details of this game, but i dont see the intensity of the game, unlike basketball, soccer, swimming or tennis. I think baseball is a game for failed athletes: athletes who can't stay in shape to run a whole field for 90 mins, or run back and forth the tennis court. Baseball is a game for non thinkers.
Why does the USA have Baseball and American Football, while most of the rest of the world has Cricket and Rugby?
Baseball and American Football are huge sports in the US. They were invented by Americans during an era where there was not so much organised sport of any kind and sport was not such a big part of the country’s culture. They gained traction because they were home grown and not from Britain in a country that had relatively recently fought for and won its independence from Britain. Both sports had their origins in sports played in Britain.Rugby is a huge sport in New Zealand, South Africa and Wales. It’s also pretty big in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. It’s a mid ranking sport in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, competing with soccer and rugby league (in England at least, where Rugby League is reasonably popular in some parts of that nation). It’s a mid ranking sport in Australia, competing with Australian Rules, Rugby League and Soccer. While Rugby is played in many countries, soccer is usually the most popular sport in those countries. Rugby has a following, but it’s not huge, compared with the interest that American Football and Baseball has in the US.Cricket is huge in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. It’s fairly popular in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and England, but people don’t go nuts over it and it’s not a national tragedy when the teams of these countries lose, as it is in South Asia. While cricket is played in many countries, it’s not at the same level of popularity as American Football or Baseball is in the US.
15U AAU Baseball Cutoff Date?
Is there a cutoff date for when you can play 15U AAU baseball? I'm interested on playing on my friends team next year, but I don't know if I'd be considered 15 or 16 if my birthday is April 25, 1995. Chances are we'd enter 16U tournaments with a 15U team, but if there is a 15U tournament I'd like to know if I'd be allowed to play. I don't know if the cutoff date varies by team or if it's set for all american AAU teams. Any info on the cutoff date would be great! Thanks a lot.
Can someone please explain the "magic number" system in baseball?
Most of these answers are correct but are much too specific. The magic number is a countdown -- it never goes up, only down -- that indicates when one team can no longer be caught by another team in the standings. Typically this is only of interest to the division leaders and the lead wildcard contender, because they are the teams that will earn postseason berths -- but MN is just a simple formula that can be calculated between any two teams, even if the team of interest is behind in the standings. MN == (season schedule in games) - (wins of team of interest) - (losses by opponent of interest) + 1 That last element, +1, is the necessary margin for securing position ahead of the competition. For MLB, with its 162 game schedule, this reduces to 163 - Wa - Lb, where a and b are the teams of interest. Let's see it in action with some hypothetical standings. Patriot League North 1. Neurotics 91 - 60 2. Carmine Footwear 84 - 66 3. Deadbirds 77 - 74 4. Doormats 40 - 111 Neurotics to clinch ahead of: Footies: 163 - 91 - 66 == 6 -- any combination of six Neuro wins or Footies losses will eliminate the Footwear. (Think about it. The Footwear have played 150 games, 12 remaining. Even if they win all of them, they finish with 96 wins. If the Neurotics win six, they have 97 wins -- uncatchable.) Deadbirds: 163 - 91 - 74 == -2 -- the Deadbirds cannot win the division. Doormats: 163 - 91 - 111 == -39 -- they've been out of it since Memorial Day. But we can also work out what the Footwear have to do to secure second place, as well. v. Deadbirds: 163 - 84 - 74 == 5 v. Doormats -- oh, forget it. They're toast. And, since the Footies aren't yet eliminated from the division race, we can find their MN for beating out the Neurotics: 163 - 84 - 60 == 19 -- unlikely, but mathematically possible. Again, MNs are primarily of interest for the race leaders, but it can be calculated for any pair of competing teams.