Sunday, September 23, 2012

Umpires Need to Learn These Popular Fallacies

By Mackenzie C. Clement When learning to be an amateur or even expert umpire you will run across a common problem and that's simply because baseball has a lot of history and is such a widespread sport there are rule myths that have occupied our culture and have continued for such a long time that you might not even know they're false. Understand what is the rule and what's fake will especially create a huge impression on those...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

A Brief History Of Baseball Uniforms

By Jane Dupied The first baseball team to wear uniforms was the 1849 New York Knickerbockers. Composed from white flannel shirts, blue woolen pants and straw hats, the club took the field on April 4 and were first met with disdain for their "fancy duds." The new look caught on speedily nevertheless and other clubs followed with their own uniforms. Long leggings or stockings were added to the ensemble in the early 1880s,...
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