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3 unusual facts about MLB.com


Bryan Morris

In an interview with MLB.com, Morris stated that he talks to other pitchers for valuable tips on throwing, like most other young pitchers do, however he also talks a lot with catchers for their perspective on how they attack hitters.

Casey Stern

On April 28, 2006, he began hosting a half hour television show on the Baseball Channel on MLB.com called MLB.com Midday.

He recently departed MLB.com's BaseballChannel.tv, formerly MLB Radio where he was most recently host of the Fantasy 411.


1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball.

Adnan Virk

It is planned that starting the 2013 MLB Season, he will anchor Baseball Tonight replacing Steve Berthiaume.

Baseball IQ

The show features 32 contestants (each of whom work for one of the 30 Major League Baseball teams as well as one from MLB.com and one from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) in a bracket-style tournament for up to $45,000US for their teams' designated charities.

Benny Castillo

While Castillo was a junior in 1987, OSU reached the championship game in the College World Series against Stanford University, losing 9 to 5 to future MLB pitcher Jack McDowell.

Bill Enis

From 1968 until his death, (of a heart attack, at the age of 39), he also called play-by-play of regional NFL and MLB games for NBC, and he worked the sidelines for the network's telecasts of Super Bowl V and Super Bowl VII.

Bryan County, Georgia

John Smoltz - MLB pitcher, owned a summer home here while playing for the Atlanta Braves

Chelsea Market

In addition to the retail concourse in the structure east of 10th Avenue, it also provides standard office space for tenants, including media and broadcasting companies such as Oxygen Network, Food Network, MLB.com, EMI Music Publishing and the local New York City cable station NY1.

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

College of Southern Nevada

On March 18, 1999, CSN hired its first baseball coach—local legend Rodger Fairless, who coached former MLB pitchers Greg Maddux and Mike Maddux at Valley High School during the 1980s, and was more well known for coaching Green Valley High School to six consecutive Nevada state baseball championships from 1993-98.

Daron Kirkreit

Kirkreit was drafted in the first round, the 11th pick, of the 1993 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft by the Cleveland Indians.

Dennis Boyd

Oil Can Boyd, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, (born 1959), former MLB pitcher

Dennis Mannion

Mannion holds the rare distinction of having experience in all four Major League sports: MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL.

Dominican Professional Baseball League

The league's players include many prospects that go on to play in Major League Baseball in the United State while also signing many current MLB veterans.

Don Lenhardt

Much-traveled (and frequently traded), he would play in the American League for five seasons (1950–1954) for the Browns (twice), Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox (twice), Detroit Tigers, and the Baltimore Orioles (where as a transplanted St. Louis Brown he was a member of the first modern Baltimore MLB team in 1954).

Downtown East, Minneapolis

Downtown East is home to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, where the Minnesota Twins (MLB baseball), Minnesota Vikings (NFL football), and Minnesota Gophers (NCAA University of Minnesota football) have all played home games.

Edward Weidenfeld

In 1999, Weidenfeld helped facilitate the return of Major League Baseball to Cuba for the first time in 40 years, participating in months of discussions with the United States Department of State, the Cuban Government, the MLB Commissioner’s office, the Baltimore Orioles and the MLB Players Association.

Enemy of the World

The song "Find My Way Back" is also the unofficial theme song of the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB.

Fanzz

Fanzz has vendor relationships with companies like Reebok, Nike, Adidas, Spalding, Majestic, New Era, Top of the World, Zephyr, and over 60 others, selling licensed team and player gear from teams in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, and NHL sports leagues.

Glenn Ezell

Glenn Wayne Ezell (born October 29, 1944, at Kentwood, Louisiana) is an American former front-office executive in Major League Baseball, as well as a former MLB coach and minor league catcher and manager.

Harry Geisel

He worked the only opening-day no-hitter in MLB history on April 16, 1940, thrown by Bob Gibson against the Chicago White Sox.

High Desert Mavericks

Don Wakamatsu (managed Mavs in 1998, was California League Manager of the Year that year; first Asian-American MLB manager)

Jami Gertz

Gertz and her husband are members of the investment group led by Mark Attanasio that purchased the MLB franchise Milwaukee Brewers.

Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū series

MLB Power Pro Series: The only series that is officially released in America, it features MLB series instead of traditional Japanese NPB series, through Japanese version is also available.

Jim Bagby

Jim Bagby, Sr. (1889–1954), pitcher who played in MLB from 1912 through 1923

Joe Presko

Throughout his career, Presko played alongside MLB icons including Stan Musial, Al Kaline, Enos Slaughter, Joe Garagiola, Jim Bunning, Billy Martin, Red Schoendienst, and Harvey Haddix.

Joe Redfield

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1982 MLB amateur draft, Redfield would make his Major League Baseball debut with the California Angels on June 4, 1988, and appear in his final game on July 15, 1991.

Kevin Seitzer

Seitzer hit .323 with 15 home runs and 207 hits (tying the MLB record) in his rookie 1987 season and, though overshadowed by fellow rookie teammate Bo Jackson, he was selected to the American League All-Star team.

Lee Jae-Hak

Lee spent the Dinos' inaugural 2013 KBO campaign as a solid part of the starting rotation, alongside former MLB pitchers Charlie Shirek, Adam Wilk and Eric Hacker.

Major League Baseball All-Century Team

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006): the most outstanding player in the history of each MLB franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value

Marquette Sports Law Review

Michael J. Cramer, former president of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, and James Swiatko, former Lead Articles Editor of the Marquette Sports Law Review and 2007 graduate, "Did Major League Baseball Balk - Why Didn't MLB Bargain to Impasse and Impose Stricter Testing for Performance Enhancing Substances," 17 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 29 (2006).

Middletown High School South

Jeff Kunkel (born 1962), former MLB shortstop who played for the Texas Rangers '83 - '91 and Chicago Cubs '92; 1983 1st Round MLB Draft pick (3rd selection overall).

Mitchell Stadium

The festival was organized by partners of the Second Chance Learning Center, Erik Robinson and former MLB all-star pitcher Billy Wagner.

MLB Front Office Manager

MLB Front Office Manager allows a player to take the role of a baseball general manager over the course of a thirty-year career; the goal is to perform well enough to become inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Nellie Fox

The group grew to as many as 600 members, including Richard M. Daley, James R. Thompson, George Will and several former MLB players.

Octavio Dotel

The Tigers were Dotel's thirteenth major league team, allowing him to pass Matt Stairs, Mike Morgan and Ron Villone for the MLB record of the most teams for which a player played.

Orangefield, Texas

Jeff Granger - Former Texas A&M University quarterback and pitcher (All SWC and All American) (1991-1993); Former MLB pitcher for Royals and Pirates (fifth overall pick in 1993 MLB Draft)

Park Jung-Jin

As Australian closer Brad Thomas left the Eagles for the Detroit Tigers in MLB after the 2009 season, former Minnesota Twins setup man Julio DePaula became a closer for the 2010 Eagles, where manager Han Dae-Hwa intended to use Park as a left-handed specialist or long reliever.

Pat Misch

He was recalled to San Francisco July 3 when reliever Vinnie Chulk was placed on the bereavement list.

Plainville High School

Scott Martin, former MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, now is the head baseball coach at Stafford High School.

Postural Restoration

The Science of Postural Restoration has become more commonly used by athletic medicine professionals working with various populations, including several NCAA Division I men's and women's programs, MLB, PGA and MLS.

Rafael Bracero

Having become WAPA's top sportscaster, Bracero then took over the transmissions of BSN basketball games (which he shared with Manolo Rivera Morales and Fufi Santori), most of the boxing telecasts, MLB baseball games and football games.

Scott Braun

Scott Braun is an MLB Network studio host and reporter, appearing across MLB Network's studio programming, including MLB Network Strike Zone, Quick Pitch and MLB Tonight.

Strength of schedule

Major League Baseball (MLB) has a more extreme way of scheduling since interleague games are done rarely, and were only introduced in 1997, plus the fact that interleague games do not exactly have concrete rules, save for the number of rest days and doubleheaders.

Tommy Harper

Harper played at Encinal High School in Alameda, California, where his teammates included Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Stargell and MLB player Curt Motton.

Toolson v. New York Yankees

Two justices (Stanley Forman Reed and Harold Hitz Burton) dissented from the short, unsigned per curiam majority opinion, arguing MLB and its revenue sources had changed enough since 1922 that the logic of that case no longer applied.

Victor Rojas

His father Cookie Rojas was an MLB player for 15 seasons and a coach for two, and is also in broadcasting, he does Spanish TV color commentary for the Florida Marlins.

Wally Post

Major League Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick intervened, removing Bell and Post from the starting line up and replacing them with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.

WMYO

Beyond weather warnings denoted with WDRB's news logo on the bottom of the screen, WMYO only carries WDRB newscasts in pre-emption situations such as primetime Fox Sports broadcasts such as NASCAR races and MLB and NFL games.

Yankees Classics

In 2007, YES and Major League Baseball acquired rights to games that aired on ABC as part of MLB's then-TV deal with ESPN, including Bobby Murcer's five runs batted in during the game the night of Thurman Munson's funeral.


see also

Dave Sims

While working in other sports, he occasionally provided Major League Baseball play-by-play for ESPN and did an internet radio show for MLB.com.

MLB.com Midday

MLB.com Midday is hosted by Casey Stern and has featured numerous players from around baseball, such as David Wright, Matt Holliday, and Jim Leyritz.