Derek Jeter Articles

1). Great Baseball Quotes By : awallad
I love what prominent baseball people have to say about the great ballplayers. They seem to eloquently capture what we are thinking. "It was his solemn duty to catch a ball that wasn't in the stands." - Monte Irvin (Newark Eagles OF, May 6, 1981), on Willie Mays "Maybe they should see if his body is corked." - Howard 'Hojo' Johnson (NY Mets), on Bo Jackson, from Sports Illustrated, October 19, 1986 "When he took BP everybody would kind of stop what they were doing and watch.
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2). Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Baseball By : awallad
1 The Ultimate Challenge - Hitting a round ball with a round bat. The feeling I would get when I hit the ball. Just think of a baby that is crying for food. When that baby gets her bottle the first thing you hear is that ahhhhh sound. Oh that ah. When I hit a ball perfectly I would have that ahhhhh. 2 I call it Contentment at a high level. - I played all the time when I was a kid.
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3). The Pre Bat Warm Up By : awallad
Did you ever notice what some of these ballplayers do before they get in to bat against live pitching? Some of these warm-ups can be interesting. Comical might be a better description. These baseball players always seem to do the exact same things when they are warming up to bat, for every at bat. Like Derek Jeter’s ritual. He gets in to the batters' box and then raises his right hand back toward the home plate umpire requesting some extra time to get set to hit.
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4). Top Ten Things I Would Like To See Regarding Baseball By : awallad
1 Put the designated hitter in the National League or remove the DH in the American League. Let’s create some uniformity. It is crazy when the world series is played. The home team uses the DH when the games are played in an American League Park. But there is no DH when the games are played in the National League Park. 2 Re: Ground Rules or Grounds Rules or Grounds Rule – Not Grounds Round or ground beef.
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5). I Must Get The Newspaper By : awallad
Every day when I wake up one of the first items that creeps into my head is getting the newspaper. I have got to get the paper. I have operated this way for over 40 years. The paper gets me in the know. More so than the internet I guess it might be because I can touch it or feel it. Or once I have it I do not have to wait for any uploading or downloading or sideloading (hey a new word) of information.
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6). My Top Baseball Teams of All Time - Part Two By : awallad
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers They won the pennant by 13.5 games. They scored 857 runs while allowing 650 runs during the regular season.Finally beat the New York Yankees in a great World Series. They had five future Hall of Famers on the team. Comprised of Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campenella, and Sandy Koufax. They proved that wait till next year finally can happen.
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