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Baseball’s Lost Specialty Players: When Every Spot in the Lineup Had a Purpose
Baseball’s Lost Specialty Players: When Every Spot in the Lineup Had a Purpose There was a time when you could look at a baseball lineup and immediately understand what a manager was trying to accomplish. The first hitter wasn’t there by accident. Neither was the cleanup hitter, the eighth-place batter, or the pitcher batting ninth. Every player had a responsibility, and every spot in the batting order fit into a carefully designed offensive strategy. Growing up in the 1960s
bertisdave
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Baseball’s Lost Specialty Players: When Every Spot in the Lineup Had a Purpose
Baseball’s Lost Specialty Players: When Every Spot in the Lineup Had a Purpose There was a time when you could look at a baseball lineup and immediately understand what a manager was trying to accomplish. The first hitter wasn’t there by accident. Neither was the cleanup hitter, the eighth-place batter, or the pitcher batting ninth. Every player had a responsibility, and every spot in the batting order fit into a carefully designed offensive strategy. Growing up in the 1960s
bertisdave
9 minutes ago6 min read
The Men on the Mound: The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball
The Men on the Mound: The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball There is an old saying in baseball that good pitching beats good hitting. Whether that is always true is open to debate, but one thing is certain: throughout the history of Major League Baseball, no position has evolved more dramatically than that of the pitcher. For more than 150 years, pitchers have transformed from gentlemen politely tossing the ball to begin play into highly trained athletes capable
bertisdave
Jul 66 min read
"Down the Stretch They Come" A Love Letter to Horse Racing...
Down the Stretch They Come: A Love Letter to Horse Racing... There are few sounds in sports more thrilling than the thunder of hooves pounding down the homestretch. The crowd rises as one. Programs flap in nervous hands. Cigars burn a little quicker. Somewhere, an old railbird is yelling at a jockey like he’s been training horses his whole life. And over the loudspeaker comes the call every racing fan waits for: “Down the stretch they come!” For generations, horse racing has
bertisdave
May 295 min read
When Sportswriters Told the Story of America...
When Sportswriters Told the Story of America Long before social media, 24-hour sports networks, and instant highlights, sportswriters were the voice of the game. They did more than report scores. They explained what those scores meant. They told readers how a city felt after a loss, why a championship mattered, and what kind of person stood behind the statistics. For much of the 20th century, sportswriters were as essential to sports as the athletes themselves. The earliest g
bertisdave
May 153 min read
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