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10. Cal Ripken Jr.
Calvin Edwin “Cal” Ripken, Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed “Iron Man” for remaining in the lineup despite numerous minor injuries and for his reliability to show up to work every day, is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). He is perhaps best known for breaking New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played, a record many deemed unbreakable. Ripken surpassed the 56-year-old record when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game on September 6, 1995 between the Orioles and the California Angels in front of a sold-out crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
To make the feat even more memorable, Ripken hit a home run in the previous night’s game that tied Gehrig’s record and another home run in his 2,131st game, which fans later voted as Major League Baseball’s “Most Memorable Moment” in MLB history. Ripken played in an additional 502 straight games over the next three years, and his streak ended at 2,632 games when he voluntarily removed his name from the lineup for the final Orioles home game of the 1998 season. His record 2,632 straight games spanned over seventeen seasons, from May 30, 1982 to September 20, 1998. -Wikipedia.org
9. Joe Jackson
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed “Shoeless Joe”, was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result of Jackson’s association with the scandal, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball’s first commissioner, banned Jackson from playing after the 1920 season.
Jackson played for three different Major League teams during his 12-year career. He spent 1908–09 as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics and 1910 with the minor league New Orleans Pelicans before being traded to Cleveland at the end of the 1910 season. He remained in Cleveland through the first part of the 1915; he played the remainder of the 1915 season through 1920 with the Chicago White Sox. -Wikipedia.org
8. Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeter (born June 26, 1974) is an American professional baseball player who is currently a free agent. He is a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who has played his entire career for the New York Yankees. He has served as the Yankees’ team captain since 2003. Jeter’s presence in the Yankees’ lineup, highlighted by his hitting prowess, played an instrumental role in the team’s late 1990s dynasty.
Jeter debuted in the Major Leagues in 1995, and the following year he won the Rookie of the Year Award and helped the Yankees win the 1996 World Series. Jeter was also a member of championship-winning teams in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009. In 2000, Jeter became the only player in history to win both the All-Star Game MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award in the same year. He has been selected as an All-Star eleven times, won the Silver Slugger award four times, and he has won the Gold Glove award on five occasions.
He is regarded as a consummate professional, by teammates and opponents alike, and has a reputation as a reliable contributor in the postseason. Jeter is considered to be one of the best players of his generation. He is the all-time hits leader among shortstops and his .317 career batting average through the 2009 season ranks as the fifth-highest among active players. He has been among the American League (AL) leaders in hits and runs scored for the past ten years. He is the all-time Yankees hit leader, passing Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig in 2009. -Wikipedia.org
7. Frank Thomas
Frank Edward Thomas, Jr. (born May 27, 1968), nicknamed “The Big Hurt”, is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter and first baseman. Thomas became one of baseball’s biggest stars in the 1990s, playing for the Chicago White Sox. Broadcaster Ken Harrelson coined the aforementioned nickname for Thomas in the 1992 season. Frank Thomas is known for his menacing home run power; he routinely swung a rusted piece of rebar (reportedly found during a renovation project in Old Comiskey Park) in the on-deck circle. Thomas played baseball and football at Auburn University. He is one of four players (the others being Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams) to have at least a .300 batting average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI, 1,000 runs and 1,500 walks in a career. He retired February 12, 2010. Thomas is one of the biggest players at 6’5″ and 275 pounds. -Wikipedia.org
6. Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel “Alex” Rodriguez (Nicknamed A-Rod) (born July 27, 1975) is an American Major League Baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees. He previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez is considered one of the best all-around baseball players of all time. He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs, breaking the record Jimmie Foxx set in 1939, and the youngest to hit 600, besting Babe Ruth’s record by over a year.
Rodriguez has fourteen 100-RBI seasons in his career, more than any player in history. On September 24, 2010, Rodriguez hit two home runs, surpassing Sammy Sosa’s mark of 609 HRs, and became the all-time leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent. In December 2007, Rodriguez and the Yankees agreed to a 10-year, 5 million contract. This contract was the richest contract in baseball history (breaking his previous record of 2 million). -Wikipedia.org
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5. Pete Rose
Peter Edward Rose (born April 14, 1941), nicknamed “Charlie Hustle”, is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989. Rose, a switch hitter, is the all-time Major League leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and outs (10,328). He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, the Rookie of the Year Award, and made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five different positions (2B, LF, RF, 3B & 1B).
In August 1989, three years after he retired as an active player, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. In 2004, after years of public denial, he admitted to betting on baseball and on, but not against, the Reds. -Wikipedia.org
4. Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), nicknamed “The Kid”, “The Splendid Splinter”, “Teddy Ballgame”, and “The Thumper” because of his hitting prowess, was an American Major League Baseball left fielder. He played 21 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot. Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. He had a career batting average of .344, with 300 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
He is the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941). Williams holds the highest career batting average of anyone with 500 or more home runs. His career year was 1941, when he hit .406 with 37 HR, 120 RBI, and 135 runs scored. His .551 on base percentage set a record that stood for 61 years. An avid sport fisherman, he hosted a television show about fishing and was inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame. -Wikipedia.org
3. Ken Griffey Jr.
George Kenneth “Ken” Griffey, Jr. (born November 21, 1969), nicknamed “Junior” and “The Kid”, is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. Griffey was both one of the most prolific home run hitters and best defensive players in baseball history, fifth on the list of most career home runs, and is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run. Griffey, playing for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox, won 10 Gold Glove awards and appeared in 13 All-Star games.
Upon his retirement, AP noted: “In his prime, Ken Griffey Jr. was considered the best player in baseball.” Throughout his major league baseball career, Griffey was a popular player and a fan favorite around the league. Griffey attained widespread recognition by signing lucrative deals with companies of international prominence like Nike and Nintendo (owners of the Mariners); his popularity reflected well upon MLB which helped restore its image after the 1994 labor dispute. -Wikipedia.org
2. Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as “Babe” Ruth and nicknamed “the Bambino” and “the Sultan of Swat”, was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935. Ruth originally broke into the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder and subsequently became one of the league’s most prolific hitters. Ruth was a mainstay in the Yankees’ lineup that won seven pennants and four World Series titles during his tenure with the team. After a short stint with the Boston Braves in 1935, Ruth retired. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ruth has since become regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture.
He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the “Roaring Twenties”. Off the field he was famous for his charity, but also was noted for his often reckless lifestyle. Ruth is credited with changing baseball itself. The popularity of the game exploded in the 1920s, largely due to his influence. Ruth ushered in the “live-ball era”, as his big swing led to escalating home run totals that not only excited fans, but helped baseball evolve from a low-scoring, speed-dominated game to a high-scoring power game. -Wikipedia.org
1. Hank Aaron
Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed “Hammer”, “Hammerin’ Hank”, and “Bad Henry”, is a former American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the years 1954 through 1976. Aaron is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Hank Aaron fifth on their list of “Greatest Baseball Players”.
After playing with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League and in the minor leagues, Aaron started his major league career in 1954. (He is the last Negro league baseball player to have played in the major leagues.) He played 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League, and his last two years (1975–76) with the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League. His most notable achievement was setting the MLB record for most career home runs at 755. -Wikipedia.org
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Nine-years is a long time for every one, especially for the athletes. However, Gabriel Omar Batistuta is the one who had been served to Fiorentina for nine years. No one knows the weight of Fiorentina in his heart. He was called Ares because he was a great striker. His purple soccer jerseys had became a symbol of his only love, Fiorentina. Bati-gol had long hair which made him looks elegant. Get cheap the wholesale soccer uniforms from www.thesocceruniform.
1991, a special year for him, was the year of which he roared across the horizon in the soccer field, had shocked the world seriously! He helped Agentina gain the Copa America which had been left for 32 years. Of course, an excellent soccer player must attract lots of the clubs attention. Bati-gol refused them, which including Manchester United and AC Milan. He had chose what he was belonging.
What Bati-gol want is just to gain the champion. But that is what Fiorentina could not give him. Finally, he signed a contract with Roma by 33 million dollars. His transfer made his fans angry and they overturned Bati-gol’s broze statue to express their dissatisfaction. The red soccer jerseys really brought him the chance to realize his dream.
Lots people say that the Fiorentina purple is the place Bati-gol grow up, and the Roma red is his home, then the Argentina blue and white is Bati-gol’s belief.
He retired from the soccer field in 2005. His great soccer career was over. But the Ares for ever.
Ever Wonder How Fantasy Football Started?
Years ago, fantasy sports were the game of the few. An entire subculture formed, one that shared much in common with the tabletop roleplaying phenomenon of the 1980s. Those who played the game were essentially the D&D nerds of the sports world. We can almost imagine them with glasses and pocket protectors crawling over newspaper box scores with ink-stained fingertips. That once-association between lovable geeks and fantasy sports gives rise to the common belief that Rotisserie baseball was the first of the fantasy sports. Baseball fans do love their stats, after all. However, the first fantasy game was actually golf, devised and played by Wilfred Winkenbach in the late 1950s. Winkenbach was a limited partner in the Oakland Raiders organization. In the early 1960s, Winkenbach defined the rules for the first game of fantasy football, and he played it alongside a Raider employee and a beat reporter, among others. By all accounts, the game was a success, but it never made it very far outside that circle. It was not that the idea of it was unappealing. Fantasy sports had existed in one form or another since World War II. However, the early 1960s marked the age of Strat-O-Matic and the magnetic football games. This was stiff competition for the barely budding game, and inevitably too much for it to gain notice then. Fantasy sports as Winkenback had imagined them and as we view them today, fell by the wayside and they would not gain favor again for many years. When they did, it would all start in the 1980s at La Rotisserie Francaise, a Manhattan restaurant, with a group of baseball-loving friends. This time, the time was right, and the stat-based nature of fantasy baseball suited itself perfectly to a game fueled by the statistics. This is when the subculture formed. Adults are playing in work cafeterias, and the children are playing in the cafeterias at school. This captures the attention of game companies who soon begin to offer play-by-mail versions of fantasy baseball and even fantasy football. Fantasy GMs across the nation are hammering out trade negotiations by phone. By 1990, the USA Today newspaper estimated that more than 500,000 Americans were playing some form of fantasy sports. That number may seem small by modern standards, but it was more than enough to set the table for the coming boom. By the mid-1990s, the pastime was so popular that USA Today had a dedicated fantasy sports writer in place, John Hunt, and he operated a high-profile baseball league that included such notables as Peter Gammons and Bill James. Then, the storm came, the advent of the Internet in the late 1990s. Websites like RotoNews and RotoWire were forming faster than the fan could follow. Suddenly, fantasy sports were more accessible than ever, and we were all experiencing information overload. Gone overnight were the days of tracking box scores or playing by mail. Heck, you didn’t even need people to play with locally. Those 500,000 Americans now counted themselves in the millions, and many of them were online. More change was coming. While fantasy baseball was still essentially a niche hobby, the football version was about to take North America by the proverbial storm. While pop culture recognizes baseball as America’s pastime, sports fans recognize that it is, in fact, football that captures America’s passion. Likewise, while baseball had carried the fantasy sports torch into the Internet age, it was fantasy football that would create a phenomenon and bring the game to the mainstream. Football is a fascinating game for many reasons, but the fan culture in particular is intriguing. This is a sports fan culture that is actually inviting to those who would otherwise have no interest in the sport. Sure, the wife might attend a ballgame with you, but she’s not likely to huddle around the TV set for the World Series. The Super Bowl is another story entirely, and this casual association with the game inevitably led those “almost-fans” to fantasy football. Earlier, we presented the notion of the wrinkled-nosed mathematician pouring over stats as he played fantasy baseball. However inaccurate, that was the image, but the fantasy football player was shattering it. The fantasy football player was your teacher, your secretary, your mom, the person you overheard at the grocery counter, and your coworkers standing at the water cooler. This was the new March Madness, and offices across North America were battling it out on virtual gridirons. In less than fifteen years, fantasy sports, riding on the back of fantasy football and powered by services such as Yahoo and SuicideFantasyFootball.com, became a billion-dollar industry. That’s a lot of cheddar, and the sports leagues, notably the MLB and NFL, became acutely aware of just how much money these services were generating. So they made a play for their piece of the action. This is a critical time in the history of fantasy football. If they have their way, fantasy sports services have to pay for the use of the stats, and that means no more free fantasy football. “Free” is a vital thread in the fabric of this phenomenon. If you take free out of the equation, you lose the casual fan, and then fantasy football becomes a lot more like fantasy baseball. Fortunately, we’ll never have to know what would have become of the game because the courts upheld our First Amendment right to use publically available information. Thanks, in part, to that decision, fantasy sports continue to grow in ways we never conceived. It is common for Sunday gatherings to look like small IT affairs, as everyone in the room uses laptops or mobile devices to make last-minute roster changes. Is the wife demanding that you shop with her on Sunday morning? Well, we’ll just monitor the roster from our phone and know that the DVR will have us covered if we’re a few minutes late. Perhaps we witness the game’s greatest mark on culture in ESPN’s programming. Consider how many hours they spend preparing us for our fantasy drafts. During the season, they have entire shows dedicated to managing our teams. Tomorrow, you can walk into any office in North America and get a reasonable answer when you ask the question: Who’s your number one?
Nine-years is a long time for every one, especially for the athletes. However, Gabriel Omar Batistuta is the one who had been served to Fiorentina for nine years. No one knows the weight of Fiorentina in his heart. He was called Ares because he was a great striker. His purple soccer jerseys had became a symbol of his only love, Fiorentina. Bati-gol had long hair which made him looks elegant. Get cheap the wholesale soccer uniforms from www.thesocceruniform.
1991, a special year for him, was the year of which he roared across the horizon in the soccer field, had shocked the world seriously! He helped Agentina gain the Copa America which had been left for 32 years. Of course, an excellent soccer player must attract lots of the clubs attention. Bati-gol refused them, which including Manchester United and AC Milan. He had chose what he was belonging.
What Bati-gol want is just to gain the champion. But that is what Fiorentina could not give him. Finally, he signed a contract with Roma by 33 million dollars. His transfer made his fans angry and they overturned Bati-gol’s broze statue to express their dissatisfaction. The red soccer jerseys really brought him the chance to realize his dream.
Lots people say that the Fiorentina purple is the place Bati-gol grow up, and the Roma red is his home, then the Argentina blue and white is Bati-gol’s belief.
He retired from the soccer field in 2005. His great soccer career was over. But the Ares for ever.
Soccer balls are used every day all around the world in professional matches, as well as in recreational games and practise. But have you ever wondered what a soccer ball is made out of, or how it is made and tested?
Well if you have, then read on to find out everything that you ever wanted to know about a soccer ball!
Elements: Soccer balls are made from three elements and these are, the surface which is usually made from synthetic leather if it is a professional soccer ball, but if it is a cheaper practise ball then it might be made from PU or plastic. The next element is the internal linings which are made from polyester or cotton and the third and last element is the bladder of the ball which is made from latex.
The thickness of a soccer ball is important because the layers separate the bladder and the cover. The lining is hand stitched and in a professional soccer ball, there are usually four layers of lining, but usually practise balls have fewer layers. The bladder of the soccer ball holds the air which keeps the ball inflated. The material used has to be strong and retain air, and they must also have good surface tension.
Making: Most soccer balls are made in Pakistan and the 32 hexagonal panels which you find on the outer surface of the ball and are hand stitched for quality.
There are five steps for making a soccer ball and they are:
1. lining the cover material
2. cutting the panels
3. imprinting the panels
4. making the bladder
5. stitching and final assembly
Testing: All soccer balls, once they are made, need to go through quality control checks to make sure that they are ready to be shipped out to stores all over the world. Firstly, the bladders are checked when they are removed from the moulds to make sure that they do not contain any holes. Then the covering is checked after it has been lined with the backing material and then the printed panels are visually checked and any faulty ones are discarded and replaced.
Once the ball has been stitched together, and inspector will check to make sure that there is no stitching missing and the final check sees that the bladder is inflated and the soccer ball is measured and weighed so that it meets quality standards.
Types: There are many types of soccer balls available to purchase. You have the mini promotional soccer balls which promote a team or a game, a professional soccer ball which is made from the best materials and is usually a replica of the one that you can see being played in professional matches and then there is the practise ball which is the cheapest and usually the best for purchasing your first soccer ball, or a ball for a child to play with.
So, there it is… everything that you ever needed to know about a soccer ball! So the next time you take your ball out for a kick around, remember what makes the performance, the quality and the style!
Happy soccer!
John Gagliardi has done something no other human being has ever done. He has coached college football teams to 449 wins in 59 collegiate seasons.
John has only coached at two places in his 59-year college football-coaching career. John’s first assignment was at Carroll College in Helena, Montana during the 1949 to 1952 seasons, winning three conference championships in those four seasons. John Gagliardi’s next venture would bring him east to take on the head coaching position at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. The Johnnies had not won a conference title in 15 years when John Gagliardi arrived to take over the program from legendary coach and charter member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame, Johnny “Blood” McNally. John Gagliardi has remained at Saint John’s for the balance of his career. During his time at Saint John’s Gagliardi has coached the Johnnies to 28 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and 4 National Championships.
Along the way Gagliardi’s teams have a combined record of 449-120-11 during his 59 seasons. His 1993 Saint John’s squad was know as “The Point a Minute Team” setting a national record by averaging 61.5 points per game that season, establishing a scoring record that may never be equaled in college football.
John Gagliardi and the Saint John’s University Johnnies football team has been the subject of many national publications over the years such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. The Today Show and CBS News Sunday Morning have also done featured pieces on Gagliardi and the Johnnies for their television shows.
During the 1999 season, Sports Illustrated feature writer Austin Murphy moved his wife and two young children to Collegeville from the San Francisco Bay Area to spend the season with the Johnnies. The result of his time in Stearns County living with and writing about the team was a book named The Sweet Season published by Harper Collins.
One of the main subjects of interest that visiting reporters have when covering Gagliardi and the Johnnies are the principles of “Winning With Nos”