A Good Defense Is The Path To Baseball Glory
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Having a good defense in place is essential to dominating any game. If the other team can’t score, there is no way they can win. Baseball is no different. Mastering the intricacies of defense and the ways in which various team members have to work together is crucial.
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MLB Tickets - Top 5 Closers
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In a series of articles, I’d like to take a look at the top five players in baseball at each individual position. Closer is an underrated position that doesn’t sell a ton of MLB tickets, but having a guy to slam the door in the ninth vastly changes a team’s approach. Here are [...]
MLB Tickets - Top 5 Second Basemen
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In a series of articles, I’d like to take a look at the top five players in baseball at each individual position. Second base used to be a position where you’d find guys with a flashy glove and little-to-no bat, but today’s second basemen are becoming more and more dangerous at the plate. [...]
MLB Tickets - Top 5 First Basemen
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In a series of articles, I’d like to take a look at the top five players in baseball at each individual position. Here are the five first basemen that I think are the best in the game. (These rankings are based on who I would want on my team for the 2009 MLB [...]
Being An Umpire Isn’t As Easy As It Looks
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A referee plays a particularly critical role in any game. He is the call maker, the only line of enforcement for the rules of play and decorum in the field. A referee has some rules to follow also to properly be what he is. Since this person plays a particularly gigantic role, he therefore has [...]
New York Mets Tickets - Mets, Meet Gary Sheffield
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Gary Sheffield has been released from the roster of the Detroit Tigers as the team prepares for the start of the season. According to sources close to the team, the Tigers organization was attempting to add more versatility to the team. Sheffield, who had been playing designated hitter most of his season in Detroit last [...]
Atlanta Braves Tickets - Chipper To Stay in Atlanta to the Finish
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Chipper Jones has agreed to a three-year, $42 million contract extension. The contract will keep Chipper in Atlanta- the ball club he started with when he was drafted as the No. 1 overall player in the 1990 MLB draft- presumably until he’s ready to retire. Chipper will be 37 this year, and 40 when [...]
Oakland A’s Tickets - New Offensive Weapons
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The Oakland A’s were one of the worst offensive teams in baseball last season, but this year there’s not only hope substantial optimism about the upcoming season’s run production. Adding veteran hitting powerhouses to the batting order, the A’s have made a serious leap in their ability to contend in the American League West. [...]
MLB Tickets - Food Deals at Major League Ballparks
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With the economy on the downturn and expendable income dropping faster than the Dow, people might not be too excited about paying the normally extravagant fees they usually cough up for ballpark concessions. Like most retail and food service industries, Major League Baseball’s stadiums were expecting to feel the crunch this year. So that’s why [...]
MLB Tickets - Hard Times, Soft Prices, Full Stadiums
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Former MLB team owner and promoter Bill Veek once said, “The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.” But in these hard economic times, it is increasingly difficult for Major League Baseball teams to sell MLB tickets to all the exciting games. In year’s past it might have been easy [...]