Baseball 247: The Dust Flys

Vintage Base Ball (spelled correctly) are in 21 states and Canada. They play by the rules and customs of the 19th century. The players (ballists) wear period reproduction uniforms of either trouser and shield shirt or later lace up shirt and knickers. Vintage baseball game rules have been recreated based on research of the rules from the mid to late 19th century. Some... Read More

Shoeless Joe Jackson ranks as one of the greatest baseball players but is not in the Hall of Fame. He was accused of being in on the fix of the 1919 World Series, was eventually acquitted but never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Why? It all came down to fish!
Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox, sent a preseent of two big trout to Ban Johnson,... Read More

Randy Johnson and Eddie Gaedel at the Baseball Wax Museum in Cooperstown, NY

How many of these facts do you know about Major League Baseball?

• 100.9 mph by Nolan Ryan, California Angels, against the Chicago White Sox in 1974. Active pitchers to eclipse this record include Joel Zumaya, Bobby Jenks, Randy Johnson, Justin Verlander and Billy Wagner.

Baseball memorabilia collectors don't want the autograph of any player tainted by the accusations of drug use.-steroids in baseball specifically. Many are in a holding pattern about pricing, awaiting the outcome of congressioanl hearings and hoping they won't have to part with more of their investments. More than 80 players were named in December in an alleged doping scandal.

Former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire saw his rookie card which was valued at $250 in 1998 fall to $30, after he refused to answer questions  about steroids in baseball before a senatel committee in 2005.

Collectors are turning up their noses at displaying a Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire or Barry Bonds baseball. Collectors feel these players have put a stain on the game.

Here is Mark McGwire's appearance befor a congressioanl committee

Here are some of the greatest moments in baseball to get you primed for the the new MLB Baseball season. Enjoy and get yourself psyched up for the 2008 season. What's going to happen at this years spring training, the major league baseball teams and the World Series that we will be watching 12 months from now on You Tube?

If steroids in baseball continues and players do not comply with drug tests, not only are there other baseball players standing in line to take their place there could be a new kind of player- mechanical robots.

Which baseball player do you think could be replace? Maybe we could have MVP Robots!

Watching a major league baseball game is a lot of fun but so is watching how some of its tools are made. Take a look at the exact science of making baseball bats. Who would know! Who makes your favorite bat? Could you make your own baseball bat?

Watching a major league baseball game is a lot of fun but so is watching how some of its tools are made. Take a look at the exact science of making baseball bats. Who would know! Who makes your favorite bat? Could you make your own baseball bat?

Steroids in baseball is not new. Every home run means more fans, more money. Remember baseball players' strikes... few fans, less money. Fans don't come to games to see single hitters and no strike outs by pitchers. Power pitches and home run hitters bring more people to the stadiums. Everyone from players, fans, owners, commissioners, writers,... Read More