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December 16th, 2006 
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There are many baseball players that are considered as being favorites of their fans. While these people are famous among their fans, to become truly famous it is necessary to have a baseball card made of themselves. These baseball cards range in value depending on the player that is depicted on the card. One of the most famous baseball cards is that of the Honus Wagner baseball card.
This card is considered among the collectors of baseball cards to be the Holy Grail among baseball cards. There are many theories as to the popularity of the Honus Wagner baseball card. One of the reasons may have to do with the amount of cards that are readily in existence. Since baseball cards are usually printed in large amounts the lack of Honus Wagner baseball cards may be considered as being the reason for collectors desiring to find and buy this card.
To make you understand this point even more clearly you need to know that there were only 60 of these printed. Out of the 60 there are only 50 cards that can be found. When a Honus Wager card is discovered there is a general excitement. Honus Wagner is well known among baseball fans by his reputation as the Flying Dutchman.
During the entire span of his career Honus played just about every position on the field. He is well known for stolen bases, home runs which at that time in baseball history were very rare. Additionally Honus Wagner had the ability of hitting triple runs as well as the usual home runs.
To give you an idea of how valuable a Honus Wagner baseball card you will find that the current going price for a baseball card is about the 2.35 million US Dollars. The only other baseball card which comes close to this card is that of the Babe Ruth rookie card. When you look at this card you will discover that the number owners for a Honus Wagner baseball card were well known celebrity persons.
The past owners of this card are the shopping conglomerate Wal-Mart, Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, and finally LA Kings owner Bruce McNall. Besides these many groups a Honus Wagner was also owned by a Las Vegas casino owner. This enterprising individual used to display his Honus Wagner baseball card in various places and functions.
The value of this card can be attributed to the better quality of the Honus Wagner baseball card as compared to other cards. To make sure that the Honus Wagner baseball card is kept safe cards like this are kept safely within Lucite sheeting. For all of these reasons you can see why a Honus Wagner baseball card is thought of by baseball cards fans as being the Holy Grail among baseball cards.
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and ur name is Mr Jammer….nuff said.
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Yes. There have been a few "switch pitchers"
Greg Harris did Sept 28, 1995. He was the last guy to do this in the MLB.
I also remember hearing a story of a minor league pitcher who did this in a game.. against a switch hitter, and the two switched back and forth many times until the umpire had to intervene.
read the bottom of this page for a brief mention of the story:
http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20000303_holtzman_cols&team_id=mlb
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It says that we (yes I am Black) did what we did what had always when done when Whites would not allow us to do something. We started our own version which was just as good (and in many cases better as N-e-g-r-o League All Star teams routinely beat MLB All Star teams in exhibitions) as what they had. Most people don't know this but the East-West Colored All Star Game played at the original Comiskey Park in 1933 actually outdrew the first ever MLB All Star Game which was played in the same stadium one week earlier. This shows that White America was beginning to realize the quality of baseball that was played in the N-e-g-r-o Leagues was just as high as (and arguably higher than) that played in MLB. This also made racist owners try even harder to keep us out of MLB.
Often, N-e-g-r-o League teams would get their names by placing the word "Black" in front of the name of the local MLB or MiLB team, i.e. New York Black Yankees, Chattanooga Black Lookouts, Atlanta Black Crackers ("Crackers" was the name of the first professional team in Atlanta, a reference to cracking home runs), Birmingham Black Barons (who at one time counted Satchel Paige and Willie Mays among their players and were owned by Abe Saperstein, the same man who founded and owned the Harlem Globetrotters), Washington Black Senators, Jacksonville Black Caps (Jacksonville's MiBL team was the Red Caps) Shreveport Black Captains, New Orleans Black Pelicans, Little Rock Black Travelers,etc. The Kansas City Royals name is a tribute to the most famous N-e-g-r-o League team of them all, the Kansas City Monarchs.
When the MLB and MiLB teams were on road trips, the N-e-g-r-o League teams would often play in their stadiums and give the MLB team owner a portion of the receipts. This was also true for some MiLB teams. For example, when the Birmingham Barons were on a road trip, the Birmingham Black Barons would play at Rickwood Field. The N-e-g-r-o League teams were, however, required to use the MLB or MiLB teams announcers who were often just as racist as the owners. When the Barons played at Rickwood Field there was one section of the right field bleachers that was designated as "The Colored Section" and whenever a player be it a member of the Barons or the opposing team would hit a home run into that section the announcer would say the player hit it into "The Coal Bin." The bleacher designations were the exact reverse for the Black Barons' games, with one difference: the one section of the bleachers had no denigrating designation.
In short, the N-e-g-r-o Leagues showed that we could do anything that Whites could do and could do it just as well, if not better in some cases. The N-e-g-r-o Leagues endured until 1962 when they finally closed down shop for good because they had served their purpose, which was to give us a place to play professional baseball. When Pumpsie Green debuted with the Red Sox in 1959, it meant that every team in MLB had integrated.
Before anyone says anything about the date in the question it is correct. Jackie Robinson signed to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league team, the Montreal Royals in early 1946. He played one year for them before being called up to the Dodgers with whom he debuted on April 15, 1947.
All broadcasters have endless information in front of them and constantly given to them during the game. So they know what pitches a pitcher throws, as well their tendencies they have to throw certain pitches in certain situations. They know between what speeds their fastball is thrown as well as the rest of a pitcher's pitches. So then by looking at the speed of the pitch, and its movement, they can deduce what pitch was just thrown. Its not quite as easy as looking at what sign the catcher is putting down, since that camera angle isn't usually the one being shown when the signs are flashed.
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ive watched this a shitload of times and its always funny like the 1rst time saw it
I would say that 60 is a reasonable guess, but it might be a little lower than that. I used to play as a kid but i don't play much anymore and I was clocked in the low 60's last summer at a fan day thing. Of the 4 people I knew that were clocked i think the highest ws 67 with average being a little under 60.
I want to add to Kyle's response. The answer is B. If uniforms are sold to fans, then they are final goods and will be included in GDP. However, since professional baseball players use uniforms as an input in supplying a match to spectators, then the cost of these uniforms is already included in ticket prices and will not be included in GDP.
Well, these days with all of exercise and weight training they do, many baseball players are strong and big ( taking away the notion that most baseball players aren't athletes ) since most baseball players are athletes anyway. They actually cut their hair to military style because having a full head of hair slows down a player some what. For a "cop attitude" baseball players are the only pro athletes who are allowed to police themselves whenever a fight happens and leave the dugout.
don't let the easy one get away……. Barry Bonds
That’s still a bad thing regardless.
lmao!!!! thats aint no side effect thats from satan!!!
the same as we do