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Dodger Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers One of the few stadiums completed during the 1960s on our list, Dodger Stadium’s architecture is modern in its simplicity. The style helps keep all eyes...

There’s nothing quite like a trip to the ballpark: the uniform-clad crowds, the salty peanuts, the 7th-inning stretch—and the all-important game, of course. Yet as much as die-hard fans care about the home team’s...

It’s time for the last part of interesting facts about one of the greatest American movies!

And we continue sharing with you interesting facts about one of the well-known baseball movies!

If you have seen the “Field of Dreams”, you likely have a strong opinion on it. Either way you look at it, the Oscar-nominated movie – which made its debut on May 5, 1989...

The “Field of Dreams” is a 1989 American fantasy-drama sports film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, adapting W. P. Kinsella’s novel “Shoeless Joe”.

Josh Chetwynd has updated his book “Baseball in Europe” and released the new edition recently.

Fans of baseball, and particularly the “Toronto Blue Jays”, will enjoy this interesting and entertaining book by Jerry Howarth.

Sweat plus Sacrifice equals Success. Unity in Adversity. The last swing could win the game. Don’t Give up. Bringing out the best in each other! Good players inspire themselves. Great players inspire others. On...

Opportunity may knock, but you must open the door. Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it. The true champion loses many battles before winning the war. The greatest game you can win is...

Shut up and pitch.

Every game is game seven.

Championships are won at practice.

Deeds not Words. Hard luck is composed of laziness, bad judgment, and poor execution. Victory comes to those who make the least mistakes. “I can’t do it” never yet accomplished anything – “I will...

Recently, the baseball National Team of Ukraine took part in “Roy Hobbs World Series” tournament.

From the first sigh, 10-year-old Zion Harvey from Philadelphia is no different from his peers. He is active and likes to play baseball. But Zion has a secret; his hands were removed and replaced...

“The Numbers Game: Baseball’s Lifelong Fascination with Statistics” (2004) by Alan Schwarz is a non-fiction book about statistics in baseball.

The American film studio “Legendary Pictures” has decided to tell the world a life story of the legendary baseball player from Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente who was a real role model, both inside and...

“61*” is a 2001 American sports drama film written by Hank Steinberg and directed by Billy Crystal. It stars Barry Pepper as Roger Maris and Thomas Jane as Mickey Mantle on their quest to...

“BASEBALL: An Illustrated History” it is a companion volume to Ken Burns’s magnificent PBS television series – updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning.

“A League of Their Own” is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).

“Bull Durham” is a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film.

Baseball season isn’t just about the game, it’s about the experience. And the ballpark is a huge part of that. We put together fun facts about the top 10 MLB ballparks to improve your...

“Mr. 3000” is an American sports comedy film starring Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett and directed by Charles Stone III.

Baseball gloves have evolved more than any other piece of the sport’s equipment. The first pro baseball game ever to be aired on television was on August 26, 1939. It was a doubleheader between...

“The Perfect Game” is a 2009 American drama film directed by William Dear, based on the 2008 book of the same name written by W. William Winokur.

“The Rookie” is an American sports drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

“Million Dollar Arm” is a 2014 American biographical sports drama.

“Trouble with the Curve” is a sports-drama film. The film revolves around an aging baseball scout whose daughter joins him on a scouting trip.

Carlton Fisk retired having played in more games and hit more home runs than any other catcher before him.

Stanislav Bakan is considered to be a kind of godfather of baseball in Odessa region (South Ukraine).

We continue to talk about our favorite baseball magazine covers!

“The Natural” is a 1984 American sports drama film adaptation of Bernard Malamud’s 1952 baseball novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson.

We’ve dug deep into archives to present 10 of our favorite baseball magazine covers to you!

This is the last part of the strange innovations series!

We continue to talk about strange innovations series.

We continue to talk about strange innovations series.

Written by award winning journalist Josh Chetwynd the “Baseball in Europe” is overview extensive game’s history on the Continent and British Isles.

Only one baseball game was enough to input Jackie Mitchell in the baseball history.

We continue to talk about strange innovations series.

It took a long, long time for baseball to become the game we know and love – years and years full of trial and error and all manner of detours.

“Ballplayer: Pelotero” is a documentary film focusing on two Dominican Republic Major League Baseball prospects in 2009, Miguel Angel Sanó and Juan Carlos Batista.

The US Post Office issued its first stamp all the way back in 1847.

In “The Pride of the Yankees,” Richard Sandomir tells the story behind what he calls “the first great sports film,” the 1942 movie starring Gary Cooper as the doomed Lou Gehrig.

Recently, a famous American writer Richard Sandomir has published a book based on the movie “The Pride of the Yankees” by Samuel Wood. So we decided to remind you the origin story.

The US Embassy presented a set of bats, gloves and baseballs to the Ghana Baseball and Softball Association, in order to help them organize the participation of their National Teams in International competitions.

We would like to draw your attention to the last part of the “Odd Baseball Facts” series!

Major League Baseball (MLB) club Toronto Blue Jays have been announced as an Official Supporter of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017, which will be staged in Thunder Bay, Canada, from 1-10 September.

We continue to talk about the “Odd Baseball Facts” series.

When Jimmy Pearsall hit his 100th home run in 1963, he ran the bases in the correct order but facing backward to celebrate.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today unveiled its brand new slogan – “Game Time!”. A launch event was at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The first week back from the All-Star break is about half the size of a normal week, making every lineup decision critical. Scott White offers up his favorite sleeper hitters.

An 8-year-old boy who was born with severely deformed legs hasn’t let his disability get in the way of playing the game he loves.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced a global professional players’ agreement for the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017. 

The German Baseball and Softball Federation (DBV) announced the logo for the 2017 Fielders-Choice.de All-Star Game, which will be held on July 23 in Munich-Haar. 

Max Kepler, Minnesota Twins (MLB). Germany.

This is the last part of the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series.

We continue to review the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series. 

We continue to review the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series. Free agency would eventually disrupt all clubs, but its earliest victims may have been the Oakland A’s.

We continue to review the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series.

We continue to review the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series. “One Nation Under Baseball” by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro looks at how the turmoil of the 1960s sowed the seeds for today’s game.

We continue to review the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series.  

We continue to review the “Baseball bookshelf 2017” series.

It happens every spring. It’s time to play ball, so publishers fill out a new lineup card of biographies, team histories and other baseball scholarship.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation the launch of the sport’s newest official championship, the Women’s Baseball Asian Cup.

A record total of 259 players on 2017 Opening Day were born outside the 50 United States, Major League Baseball announced. The 259 players born outside the U.S. (29.8 percent) come from the pool...

Organizers of the U12 European Championship in Utrecht, Netherlands have released the logo for the juveniles tournament. Germany is entering the tournament as defending champion, having defeated the Czech Republic in Trebic last July....

Zagreb, Croatia. The new Board of the European Baseball Confederation has named members and heads of commissions for the 2017-2020 period. Germany’s Juergen ELSISHANS will keep its duties as head of the Technical Commission...

Fukushima’s Azuma Baseball Stadium has been added as an official venue for Olympic baseball and softball events at the Tokyo 2020 Games. The International Olympic Committee approved the 30,000-seat venue at its executive board...

The 2017 World Baseball Classic has drawn 976,828 setting the all-time event attendance record through the Second Round. This year’s tournament has already surpassed the previous total tournament attendance record of 885,212, set in...

The Confederation of European Baseball and the European Softball Federation held combined Congress in February 2017, in Belgrade (Serbia). During the meeting members held the report-elective conference of CEB and ESF, where the delegates...

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has launched a new Youth Commission to further position baseball among the leaders in youth sport. The WBSC Executive Committee approved the establishment of the youth-centered commission at its...

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association today jointly announced a series of modifications that have been approved and will be in place in the 2017 regular season. The changes include...

World Baseball Classic, Inc. announced its marketing partners for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The list includes global, team and venue partners from 15 countries across five continents. The four Global Sponsors for the...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred held another press conference on Tuesday in Arizona. During the Q&A he lamented that the MLBPA is blocking a couple of proposed rule changes to try to speed up the game. However, he...

“42” is a 2013 American biographical sports film written and directed by Brian Helgeland about the racial integration of American professional baseball by player Jackie Robinson, who wore jersey number 42 through his Major...

Coach Anthony Bennett’s home for the next two months will be in East London, South Africa. He’s representing Play Global and leading our Eastern Cape Baseball Initiative. Through this project, Coach Bennett will introduce...

Lausanne, Switzerland – World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari today welcomed news that the construction of India’s first-ever baseball stadium has been completed near the Gurgoan-Delhi border, as reported by The Times of...

Major League Baseball plans on testing a rule change in the lowest levels of the minor leagues this season that automatically would place a runner on second base at the start of extra innings,...

World Baseball Classic, Inc. announced the rules and rule modifications for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, which will begin on Monday, March 6th when Korea hosts Israel at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul,...

The organizers of the 2017 CEB Cup in Brno and Prague, Czech Republic have revealed the logo. The tournament, which was re-established on the European calendar last year, will be played from June 7...

Major League Baseball is talking to the Major League Baseball Players Association about rule changes for the 2017 season. Especially two main items are at stake. MLB would like to raise the bottom end...

For anybody who has ever played the game of baseball, whether it be in the sandlot with neighborhood friends, or in the Bronx in front of 54,000 screaming fans, the most vital component to...

On Saturday, February 4 the Confederation of European Baseball held its annual congress as part of the joint 2017 ESF-CEB Congress in Belgrade, Serbia. 32 member federations were present for the European Baseball gathering,...

COMBS — Baseball players practiced their hitting as they waited for their guest of honor at the Alejandro Martinez Baseball Academy. And after countless line-drive practice hits, she arrived. San Benito resident Ayssa Mercado,...

Lutz Rauch is a former baseball player of Austrian league. In 2000’s he has made great contribution to the development of sport in the National League and in the Austrian National Team as well....

William Hoy got his Diploma of the best school graduate in absolute silence. He could not hear his own footsteps, noise from the streets, rustling gown. The rest of the students applauded him and...

While most people probably look at Friday the 13th as a silly superstition, don’t say that to a ballplayer. After all, since the game of baseball began there have been bizarre tricks and routines...

Here’s what else we learned with the results of Hall of Fame election night: Trevor Hoffman (74 %) fell just short of the 75 % needed. He’ll clearly get in, probably next year. Only Jim...

“Fences” is drama film written by August Wilson and based on his play of the same name. It centers on a black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh. He dreams to become...

Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez and Tim Raines became the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Both selections were long overdue. Bagwell, pride of the University of Hartford, is the second-greatest first...

Moneyball is an amazing sports drama film, directed by Bennett Miller. It is based on a true story, it is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the baseball system....

When the season ends, rest and recovery are necessary. How you spend the rest of your off-season is critical for the next year. Here’s why. Baseball is a unique sport. The term “off-season” varies...

Baseball players catch headlines for multimillion dollar contracts, but even today many minor leaguers (and some in the majors) take off-season jobs. In the past, almost all players did. But not all off-season jobs...

DAVE Bishop’s family history in baseball runs across New Zealand, Australia and the US and now he wants the Gold Coast to become a force in the sport. You would be hard pressed to...

In addition to NPB in Asia some countries also have own professional baseball leagues. Korea (Korea Baseball Organization), China (China Baseball League) and Taiwan (Chinese Professional Baseball) have successful professional baseball leagues. Recently the...

Structure of Japanese baseball is like American one. NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) also consists of two leagues (the Pacific League and the Central League). In the Pacific League, there is a rule of the...

It is quite strange to hear – “The Dominican Republic is one of the grand prize owners” but in baseball that’s just the way it is. Considering system of isolation in Cuba and self-sufficiency...

The Technical Commission of the Confederation of European Baseball has already divided teams into groups for the European Cup 2017 participation. Championship will take place at the Armin-Wolf-Arena in Germany, Regensburg. Eight teams, including...

Some years ago, Europeans wondered talking about baseball. The most common questions were “Why do we need this American game?” and “How can this boring game be interesting?” and so on. But if looking...

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to approve the Tokyo 2020 venue proposal, which confirmed the 30,000-seat Yokohama Stadium as the main venue for baseball...

Team Europe showed a much improved performance at the Asia Baseball Winter League in Taiwan compared to their first appearance last year. Competing against selections from the professional leagues in Japan, South Korea and...

Braden Lee’s journey in baseball has covered many miles and numerous languages. The former Central Lakes College Raiders player is a right-handed pitcher for the Ostrava Arrows in the Czech Republic and the Silesia...

Three players from the Netherlands, one from France and one from Germany have been selected to participate in the annual International Power Showcase at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. A total of 170 players...

“One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something” –...

The official Facebook page of the World Baseball Softball Confederation was the top sports page on Facebook in terms of year-to-year follower growth from 2015 to 2016, per the Global Sports Impact (GSI) Report...

World Baseball Classic, Inc. invited five umpires from Europe to participate during the main tournament in March 2017. Winfried Berkvens (NED) and Michael Ulloa (ESP) are going to Mexico, Jens Waider (GER) and Fabrizio...

TOUTRNAMENT LOCATION DATE WINNER Champions Cup Rimini (ITA) San Marino (SMR) 31st May – 4th June L&D Amsterdam (NED) C.E.B. Cup Rouen / Chartres (FRA) 1st – 5th June Rouen Huskies (FRA) Federations Cup Brno...

Baseball is always considered a North American sport. However, the first recorded game of baseball was in Surrey, England in 1749. Since then America, Canada, Japan and various other countries have become the real...

As in any sports, baseball also has its heroes and the best players. Many of them have set national or world records, some showed abysmal performance. Nevertheless they became known all over the world,...

The rare card with photo of legendary American baseball player Honus Wagner, which was owned by the nuns of Catholic religious order (USA, Baltimore) was put up for sale for 262 thousand U.S dollars....

Several million dollars for a baseball shirt or sport equipment of famous baseball player – and this is not a joke! Baseball of Babe Ruth The cost of this ball, with which Babe Ruth...

Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth Jr., better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. “Yes best player ever...

Nolan Ryan’s 5,714 career strikeouts When most people hear “strikeouts,” Nolan Ryan is usually the first name that comes to mind. Throughout his 27-year career, he struck out an unprecedented 5,714 batters. The closest...

Zack Hample, from New York, is a baseball fan and bawl hawk – he’s great at catching and stealing balls. But Zack isn’t an ordinary ball hawk, because no one else boasts a collection...

The first games of the Ukrainian Championship and Cup took place in the Soviet Union, alongside with the Federal baseball championship. By the way, three Ukrainian clubs were among the eight major league teams...

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game which is played between two teams. They consist of nine players in each, who take turns batting and fielding. The batting team attempts to score runs by hitting a...

The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision. A French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball....