Saturday, April 20, 2013

Texas Tech: A School Rich in History

By Richardo Manning


The national past time has often been criticized in recent years as being too slow to develop, too boring to watch, and too long to complete. When compared to other sports, baseball may be guilt of some of these charges as certainly it is less violent than football and moves at a slower pace than basketball.

But baseball is still baseball, with all of its romantic flare and nostalgia, flashes of leather and cracking wood bats; and so the draw to the diamond ensnares thousands of spectators every year, coming to watch hometown athletes compete in a game of ball.

The style of the jersey makes an enormous effect on the teams' psyche, comparable to a young adult female acquiring a brand new wardrobe. Better clothes can equal better performance.

Baseball hinges on a cowhide-covered, cork-centered, yarn-spun ball that is sewed together with exactly two hundred and sixteen stiches of red thread. It is the baseball itself that provides the foundation to the game.

A team with an easily recognizable logo and a history of success is the University of Miami. Their football team's jersey was rated number seven by Complex Art+Design "The 25 Best College Football Uniforms for 2012."

Over the years, they have produced 5 players that were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Donny Anderson later played for both Green Bay and St. Louis back in the late 60's and early 70's.

If a person really wants to be amazed while watching a baseball game, they should try fielding some grounders, catching a pop fly, and hitting a baseball before going to the ball park.

These feats of athleticism can only be truly admired once a person understands how difficult the tasks are and how much skill is required to accomplish them.

A sports team with an awe-inspiring, bold, well-designed uniform will solidify a fan's loyalty and support. For Hurricanes fans, a t-shirt modeled after such an exquisite uniform would absolutely affect their backing of the team they love even more.

Entertainment and enjoyment will follow the baseball fan who understands the impressive, but seemingly easy, actions of the athletes on the diamond.

They attack challenges with ferocious zeal. They face opponents with the expectation of victory. Sports teams feed off of this brand of psychology. They do everything in their power to obtain that treasured victory.

Flying Colors helps past, current, and future students get involved with excitement by with Texas Tech apparel. Game day Texas Tech apparel can help you not only get into the spirit of the game, but also let your friends and family know which side of the line you fall on.

This summer, as you go watch your champion level Arizona State Sun Devils compete on the diamond, do not forget to show your support by donning your Arizona State clothing and apparel.




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Thursday, April 11, 2013

A new start for the Atlanta Braves

By B. Crawford


We are now about ten days away from opening day for the Atlanta Braves. Following the way that the season ended a year ago inside the one game wildcard game, the fans are ready to start a new journey to a what exactly is hopefully a championship season. I really hope that the we can get through opening day without random trash being thrown in the field because of a bad call by umpires.

There are no doubt that the season ended abruptly due in large part to a terrible call of the umpires. However, I was at that game and that call was not the primary reason the Atlanta Braves lost that ballgame. The game was lost by a mixture of not hitting with runners on base and poor defense; you can't put that form of performance available to you and expect to go home with a victory. Ask any fan of the team as well as give you a different opinion.

The expectations for the Atlanta Braves are extremely high this present year and that is understandable. These people were a lot more aggressive this winter than in they have been in recent times and the result is the potential for a rather potent offense. In fact, this will likely to be the probably one particular powerful offense that this team has in well over ten years. With that potential also comes a lot of swings and misses, the Atlanta Braves could potentially approach the all time record set by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010 with 1,529 strikeouts.

The Atlanta Braves are getting to be athletic, their outfield is regarded as the best inside the entire game plus they are going to hit for power. The main question mark comes with the starting pitchers. When they can get a combined 60-65 wins from their starters they will stand a good chance of winning the division and knowcking from the Washington Nationals. You will find a high probability that it will take upwards of one hundred victories to attain a first place finish.

This division is going to be a dog fight that could very well go down to the final weekend of the season to determine a winner. Everyone concedes that this is pretty much a two team race with they exception of a few folks that think the Phillies are capable of coming out on top. While the Phillies will probably end up with a better record than last year, they appear to be destined for a third place finish. This season is going to be a lot of fun to watch and I can't wait to get the season under way. It is going to be a tough fight and a long season, but the Atlanta Braves are built to be a great team this season so let the games begin.




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Monday, April 8, 2013

Why the Atlanta Braves will win the east

By B. Crawford


A lot has been documented about the moves Atlanta Braves have made this winter to enhance the team. Their primary competition, the Washington Nationals, also made some moves and also got better. The east is going to be a strong division with the very clear exception of the Florida Marlins; every other team will at least play competitive ball within the division.

In the end, the division will very likely come down to two teams; the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals. Both teams will most likely push the hundred win mark and the division could eventually be won by the winner of the season series between the two teams. This is where I think the Atlanta Braves have an advantage.

On some level, I think that the Washington Nationals executed better last season than they probably should have. They are an incredibly blessed team but I think that last season was somewhat of a perfect storm of multiple players having seasons better than their average performance. Both teams are good enough that they should be able to coast to a division title in any other division in the National League. That is in no way meant to slight any of the other divisions or teams, it is a account that the east is the toughest division hands down.

The Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals will play eighteen times this season and could very easily split the season series right down the middle. In recent seasons the Nationals have given the Braves fits, even in seasons when they were not all that great of a team. I think that started to swing over in the Braves favor last season and will continue to favor the Braves this year. I have also have seen an seriousness with the Braves the past couple of years when it comes to defending their home field and this will be the difference this year. I predict will win six out of nine at Turner Field and only four out of nine at Nationals Park. That equates to a two game advantage.

That two game advantage will be the difference in the division. This is why I see the Braves pulling this division out and not having to play that pathetic one game playoff this season. Both teams will more than likely have equal success with the other teams in the division. Looking over the interleague schedule for both teams I give the edge to the Braves, a very slim edge. Every little bit helps in the long run.

After a longer than usual spring training, every team is set to get the season started. The wait is tough for both the fans as well as the players, but the start is only a week away. Next Monday will get here, a lot of people will call in sick to work and head to the ballpark to take in the fun. The Braves will start the season with three games against the Philadelphia Phillies while the Nationals will play three against the Florida Marlins, advantage Nationals.

The Atlanta Braves will play a fast paced model of baseball that has not been seen in a long time. That is going to make for a very remarkable season so let's get to next Monday and let the games begin.




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Monday, April 1, 2013

Why the Pirates Will be Successful in the Baseball Standings

By B. Crawford


I was in high school the last time the Pirates had a successful season in the baseball standings; I am currently pushing forty. Two decades ago they were a consistent challenger and were a tremendously talented team. And, of course, they had Jim Leyland as their manager in the dugout chain smoking like a chimney. They had Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla in the young part of their respective careers, to mention just a couple. Needless to say the financial aspects of the game caught up with them and all of their talent walked and they went through a rebuilding phase. That cycle was expected to be a short term plan, not twenty plus years, but here we are with no winning seasons in between then and now.

Over the years they have done a great job of drafting skilled players. Unfortunately, it never paid off in the baseball standings. In recent years they have shown bursts of success and winning through the first half of the season only to have it tumble late in the season. Generally this has been due to the starting pitching, really all of the pitching, faltering as season enters the late summer months. The end result has always been a hard slide in the baseball standings.

They truly have the team in place to be more competitive and remain relevant in the baseball standings this season. They also have a great manager in Clint Hurdle; on a side note, the greatest error the Colorado Rockies ever made was to fire him. The Pirates have a very intelligent front office staff that has done a fine job of adapting to what is needed to assemble a winning team. There are few teams with the crude talent that the Pirates have on the roster. Now all they need to do is to turn that into a winning season in the baseball standings. Sounds easy enough.

The Pirates have some of the best fans in baseball and those fans are ready to win. Finishing in the bottom half of the baseball standings year after year has to be getting old; they merit better results. After all, this might be a business that is totally based on results. If you don't win, nothing else matters. This isn't little league where everyone gets a nice shiny ribbon and a cool little plastic trophy; this might be a business where your results in the baseball standings is all that matters in the end.

On paper they are more than able of accomplishing any goal that they set. Without doubt their goal is to win a World Series ring and they are as capable as anyone else to pull that off by the end of the season. It is doubtful that either wildcard spot will come out of the central division so they will have to finish first in the baseball standings in their division. There is no reason anymore; win or go home. The management has done their job, now it's time for the players to manufacture the results that everyone knows that they are capable of.




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