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October 2006
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REALLY BIG NEWS! Keep your eyes on your inbox for BIG NEWS from your hometown Plymouth River Eels! |
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October 2006
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With the major league baseball season winding down, most people would think it’s time to turn their attention to other things. Not me. I am always thinking baseball, watching baseball, or listening to baseball. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, twelve months a year – baseball is in my mind. |
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October 2006
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With the new school year upon us, I thought this would be a good time for a quick study session on some of the unique, not so important but far more interesting, topics that never seemed to appear on a test. Here are some hidden gems I was able to uncover, digging beneath the surface into the history of baseball. |
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October 2006
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Just because the River Eels are months away from its inaugural season doesn’t mean Plymouth is without a rich baseball tradition. Case in point, West Plymouth’s Jim Hanabury. |
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October 2006
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This month, we explore the basic statistic for judging pitchers, the Earned Run Average, or ERA. Like its counterpart for batters, the benefit of using an average is that it allows one to compare players no matter how many innings they have pitched. |
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October 2006
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 Log on to the store at www.plymouthrivereels.com and take advantage of a special offfer. From now until October 21, buy a hat and a t-shirt and take 10% off the total. Outfit yourself or that special River Eels fan in your life. (Can not be combined with any other offer. Expires 10/21/06) |
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October 2006
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Last month's trivia question asked which major league baseball player had the longest Hollywood resume. The most popular response by far was Bob Uecker, best known for his performances as announcer Harry Doyle in the "Major League" movies and as George Owens in the sitcom "Mr. Belvedere;" perhaps many also counted his popular Miller Lite commercials ("I must be in the front roooow!"). How would Harry Doyle rate the answer of Bob Uecker? “Juuust a bit outside.” |
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October 2006
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We are pleased to announce that you can soon buy your Plymouth River Eels t-shirts hats and other merchandise at a retailer near you. Please check with our new partners for anything you need for yourself or for gifts.
M & M Sporting Goods 2 Main Street Plymouth 508-746-1915 ProSports 182 Summer Street Kingston 781-585-6800 Noah's Ark Toys 160 No. Main Street Carver 508-866-7555
Interested in selling River Eels merchandise? email
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August 2006
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by Tyler DeCost Many people may be wondering why a River Eel was chosen to represent the new independent baseball team that will begin playing in Plymouth in May 2007. To answer this question I cast my line in the waters to see what ideas I might reel in. |
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August 2006
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- 5-5 ¼: weight in ounces
- 9-9 ¼: circumference in inches
- 108:stitches (the first and the last are hidden.)
- length in inches of waxed red thread used to sew the stitches in a baseball
- 1872:year that the baseball’s dimensions were standardized
- 4 1/8:circumference in inches of the cork/rubber composite sphere covered by a black layer and a red layer of rubber, which together make up the center, or “pill.”
- 12-15: average amount of time in minutes needed to hand sew the cover on a baseball
- 600,000: estimated number of baseballs used in games in a Major League season
- 5-7: average life in number of pitches of a baseball in a Major League game
- 4: layers of yarn (3 wool and 1 poly/cotton blend) that are wound around the pill before the cover is sewn on.The layers consist of:
- 121 yards of 4 ply gray wool yarn
- 45 yards of 3 ply white wool yarn
- 53 yards of 3 ply blue/gray yarn
- 150 yards of white poly/cotton finishing yarn
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