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Although Baseball has never been a stranger to controversy. From the 1919 Chicago Black Sox, to Pete Rose betting on baseball, to Sammy Sosa’s corked bat. And now the on going soap opera of Barry Bonds suspected steroid use, it is in no way hurting in the ratings and fan department.
Why is this?
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Written by mellow on December 24th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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The idea that baseball evolved from any of these sources turns out to be conjecture or theory. Like most history, if it goes back far enough, details start to get quite fuzzy. By its very nature, baseball has been a game that has thrived on legends and myth.
There is […]
Written by mellow on December 24th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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The Six-Month Grind
We’re three weeks into the 2006 baseball season, and if your fantasy team looks anything like mine, you’re ready to unload half of your roster. I know it’s hard, but be patient. The worse thing you could do right now is panic and make a bad trade or drop a good player.
Baseball, more […]
Written by mellow on December 23rd, 2006 with comments disabled.
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It seems like a dream or a fantasy. Can you really bet on both sides of a sports contest and come out a winner? How about a big winner? The answer is a surprising yes. It’s something that is not talked about too much, but it exists. This article is going to explain how you […]
Written by mellow on December 23rd, 2006 with comments disabled.
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There were many reported bizarre and unusual incidents and events in baseball featuring various baseball characters that seemed to be acting in an epic saga that combined comedy, mystery, and fantasy. Some of these incidents may be embellished, or they may not be apocryphal. Some though, are so unusual […]
Written by mellow on December 22nd, 2006 with comments disabled.
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Where do baseball, barbecue and beer come together as one? I’ll give you a hint…it’s not your living room. The Parking lot! Tailgating has become a sport in its own right as thousands of Americans head to stadiums across the country hours before game time to eat, drink and be merry. While football is arguably […]
Written by mellow on December 21st, 2006 with comments disabled.
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If you are a fan of the game of baseball, you may not have given much thought to how the game has been changed by the historical evolution of the baseball bat. Americans became infatuated with baseball in the early 1800s, and by 1860 the sport was definitely the ‘national pastime’, with players using […]
Written by mellow on December 20th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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SPORTS BETTING THE ART OF THE GAMBLE
The Sports Handicappers Guide To Profitability
The world of sports investing is not for everyone. It takes a certain type of individual with a certain type of personality to enter this precarious industry. We’re not talking about the casual gambler who lays 50 bucks on the Superbowl with […]
Written by mellow on December 20th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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Those spring days that I spoke about in Part I of this series are fast approaching. I can only assume (which you shouldn’t do) that the gloves are being oiled and that we’ve been swinging the stick in the cages and working out hard for our up-coming season.
In the last article, I had given […]
Written by mellow on December 19th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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The early part of the Twentieth Century saw the rise of an age that has come to be known as the Dead Ball Era of baseball. The Dead Ball Era reportably spanned the Progressive Reform Age leading up to the Roaring Twenties, which ran from 1900 to 1919. During this time, professional and semi-professional ball […]
Written by mellow on December 18th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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