Baseball Baseball has been providing us with fun and excitement for more than a hundred and fifty years. The first game resembling baseball as we know it today was played in Hoboken ,New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine beat the New York Knickerb...

Philip Roth's novel The Great American Novel is actually a novel within a novel. The narrator of the story, Word Smith, purports to tell us about the greatest cover-up in baseball history – and perhaps the history of the United States of America, as well. Smith narrates the story of th...

His name is Theodore Samuel Williams, but to others he was known as "The Kid", "The Thumper", and "The Splendid Splinter". Ted Williams, he played for the Boston Red Sox, and was one of Baseball's greatest hitters and the last player to have a seasons average of ....

BALLPLAYERS To the average baseball fan there are many different types of players. There are pitchers, catchers, infielders, and outfielders; there are home run hitters, contact hitters, and speedsters; but to someone who really loves and appreciates the game there are really only two kinds of base...

BABE RUTH THE LEGEND “Babe Ruth” was born on February 16th, 1895 and died on August 16th, 1948. He loved baseball very much and it all started in Baltimore, Maryland. This is his story! Babe Ruth lived in Baltimore, Maryland. It was very rough for him, because he lived on t...

Which is better, Babe Ruth or Sammy Sosa? Even though Babe led a hard life, he was titled the best player of all time. Could Sammy Sosa be the next best? George Herman Ruth Jr. was born February 6,1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to parents Kate Schamberger Ruth and George Herman Ruth Sr. George&apo...

Fail to Succeed The greatest basketball player of all time was once asked what made him so successful. Michael Jordan then replied " ... I fail, therefore I succeed". This theory not only applies to those who fly, but also to mortals. When one fails the bitter taste lingers forever, whereas...