 Plymouth will always be known as one of the original spots
of English settlement in America, which has some locals wondering why
Plymouth’s newest baseball team is named something as seemingly unrelated as
“the River Eels.” But Erik Christensen,
VP of marketing and communications for Bay Colony Baseball & Athletics,
says the team nickname is more relevant that some people realize.
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The old Crosley Field in Cincinnati had the ground rule written right on the wall
It is widely believed that a ground
rule double occurs when a batter hits a fair ball that touches the field of
play and subsequently bounces into the stands, thus going out of play. However,
this is simply not the case. According to Major League rules 6.09(e) through 6.09(g), when the ball is hit in fair territory and
bounces out of play, it is called an automatic
double. The batter is subsequently awarded second base.
This
rule even applies to a ball hit off the leg of the pitcher into the stands on
the first baseline, as New York Yankee outfielder Melky Cabrera found out
during the 2007 season. Cabrera hit a baseball right back at Kansas City Royals
right-handed pitcher Ryan Braun; the ball ricocheted off of Braun’s leg and
sailed over the dugout on the first baseline. Cabrera was awarded second base.
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Named for a relatively nondescript major league hitter,
the Mendoza Line has become a noteworthy phrase in popular culture to represent the distinction
between failure and adequacy. Students’ grades are frequently referenced in
terms of the Mendoza Line; the popularity ratings of politicians and
entertainers are compared to a Mendoza Line; sales of books and software and
fashion and technology products are judged according to a Mendoza Line.
While most baseball fans (and many observers of pop culture)
can accurately note that the Mendoza Line represents a batting average of .200,
far fewer can tell you just who Mendoza was and how he came to be granted
eponymous ownership of said line.
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The Frontier League is an Independent Baseball League in
the West Virginia, eastern Kentucky,
and southeast Ohio areas. When the league was in danger of folding, the
visionaries who helped build it brought in Bill Lee to serve as the leagues
first-ever commissioner. That was in
1994, and Lee has been the Commissioner since, helping build the Frontier
League to one of the strongest in the nation.
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