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Baseball Bat. Owls Hôte Lamar Tuesday in 4 h. to start charging five-game week

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Owls Host Lamar Tuesday To Begin Busy Five-Game Week
The Rice baseball team, 1-2 on the young season and ranked as high as 15th in the nation, hosts longtime rival Lamar on Tuesday (Feb. 21) at Reckling Park to begin a busy five-game week. The Owls meet the Cardinals in a 4 pm start (Central Time)... Rice then heads to San Marcos, Tex., on Wednesday (Feb. 23) for its first road game of the season. The Owls take on Texas State at 5 pm at the Bobcat Baseball Stadium. (Note that the 5 pm start time is a change from some earlier listings.)... Rice returns home for three more on Feb. 25-27 to close out the week. The Blue & Gray face another Pac-10 power when the Southern California Trojans visit Reckling Park for a three-game series from Friday to Sunday. Start times with USC are 4:30 pm, 2pm and 1 pm, respectively.

Watch Home Games On OwlVision All Access
This week's home games at Reckling Park are slated for a live on-line video broadcast by OwlVision All Access. OwlVision is a subscription-based service which matches the play-by-play audio with a video feed to create a television-like broadcast on the Internet (either live or in an archived format). The service has proved to be very popular with fans and alumni living throughout the world. Information about the service and subscription prices are available here. Access the service on game day at the above links.

Audio Broadcasts - Catch Every Rice Baseball Game On The Web
Every Rice baseball game this season will be broadcast live around the world on the Internet at RiceOwls.com. Use the above link to access the Internet audio home page. The Rice broadcasting tag-team this season is primarily J.P. Heath and David Brady, with help from some of our Rice broadcasting friends. Tune-in to the pregame show 30 minutes before each game's first pitch

Live Stats On GameTracker
Live play-by-play text and statistics from every Rice game will be posted on RiceOwls.com. Look for the GameTracker links on either the Rice Athletics front page, the weekly series preview or the baseball schedule page.

National Ranking Update ‧ Rice Now 15th In The Polls
After the opening weekend of the season the Owls are now 15th in the nation according to PerfectGame.com. Rice was 14th in the nation in that poll to start the 2011 season. Here's a closer look at the current polls:

99th Season Since The Start; 95th Season On The Field
The 2011 season marks the 99th year since Rice played baseball for the first time. Rice Owls baseball made its debut in the spring of 1913, just one semester after the school (The Rice Institute) opened its doors for higher education in the fall of 1912. The 2011 season is, however, only the Owls' 95th season on the diamond. The school cancelled its season in 1919 and did not field a team for three years (1933-35) during the Great Depression. Rice returned to the diamond in the spring of 1936 and has been playing ever since.

Head Coach Wayne Graham
Four-time national coach of the year and Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductee Wayne Graham (Texas, 1970) is in his 20th season at Rice. The 2011 campaign marks his 31st year as a collegiate head coach... He is now 871-342 with the Owls (528-117 at home, 261-177 in road games and 82-48 at neutral sites). His Rice winning percentage is .719, the best in school history. Another way of looking at Graham's .718 win percentage is that it is the equivalent of a major league team winning 116 games in a single year... Graham's record vs. this week's opponents is as follows 27-14 vs. Lamar (18-6 road, 9-8 road), 40-9 vs. Texas State (29-6 home, 11-3 road, 1-0 neutral) and 1-0 vs. Southern California (1-0 neutral)... Under Graham, the Owls clinched another postseason bid in 2010, making 16-straight seasons for Rice to earn an NCAA appearance. The Blue & Gray has advanced into the NCAA tournament in 1995-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10. The 2003 bid culminated with the Owls' first national championship... Rice played in the 1994-95-96 Southwest Conference tournaments (winning the final league title in `96), won the 1997-98-99 WAC tournaments, shared the 2000 WAC title with San Jose State before winning the 2001-02-03-04-05 titles outright. He won C-USA regular season crowns in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 as well as the C-USA tournament championships in `06, `07 and `09... Graham was named the WAC Coach of the Year in 1998, `99, `02 and the Co-Coach of the Year in `03. He was named the Keith LeClair C-USA Coach of the Year in `06, his first year in the league, and again in `07, `08 and `10... Rice has seven appearances in the NCAA College World Series under Graham (1997, `99, `02, `03, `06, `07, `08)... Graham has led the Owls to number-one rankings for seven weeks during the 1999 season, for six weeks during the `01 campaign, two weeks in `02, six weeks in 2003 (the last of which established some staying power), three weeks in 2004, 12 weeks in 2006 and five weeks in `07... Graham's San Jacinto Gators dominated the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo., in the 1980s, winning five national titles in six years (1985-86-87, 89-90)... The Austin American-Statesman named Graham its SWC Coach of the Year in `95 after he led the Owls to their first NCAA tournament appearance... Collegiate Baseball was especially cognizant of Graham's efforts at San Jac. He was named the newspaper's Coach of the Decade for all levels in the 1980s after winning those five junior college national titles, and CB tabbed him the NJCAA Coach of the Century... He was named the 2007 Division I college Coach of the Year by FieldTurf... One of the few current collegiate coaches to have played in the major leagues (N.Y. Mets in 1963, Philadelphia in 1964), Graham is aided by assistant coaches Mike Taylor (Prairie View A&M, 1997; 11th year), David Pierce (Houston, 1988; ninth year), Patrick Hallmark (Rice, 1995, Brown College; sixth year)... Taylor coaches at third base this year while Hallmark coaches at first base.

1,446 Wins ‧ A Baseball Odyssey
Wayne Graham owns 871 career wins at Rice, but his career victories tally to 1,446 when you include his 11 years at San Jacinto North College where he won five national championships. Graham's overall collegiate record is 1,446-455 in a 30-year career that began in 1981.

Wayne Graham Radio Show Set To Debut In March
A new Rice baseball radio show featuring the Owls' legendary head coach Wayne Graham is set to debut in March and air live on a weekly basis, announced Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan Tuesday (Feb. 8) in conjunction with Rice Sports Properties, the multimedia rights partner for the University and IMG College property... The Wayne Graham Radio Show presented by Waste Management, will air live from Prince's Restaurant near the Southwest Freeway and will be broadcast in the Houston area on 1560 AM The Game (KGOW), and around the world on RiceOwls.com... A total of nine, hour-long shows over an 11-week span begin at 7 pm on March 7 and run through the remainder of the regular season. Coach Graham, with Rice baseball broadcaster David Brady, will review games from the previous weekend and preview upcoming series. In addition to discussions on college baseball's national rankings and chase for the Conference USA championship, each week's show will include current members of the team, former Owl players and special guests. There is also a segment for fans to ask Coach Graham a question. It's a unique opportunity for baseball fans to get direct insight from one of the college game's most successful icons... "This is a great opportunity to increase the dialogue between Rice Baseball and its fans," said Coach Graham. "It is also a wonderful opportunity to increase the visibility of college baseball in Houston. I am looking forward to the show, and the upcoming season."

Probable Rice Pitcher
Wayne Graham announced the Owls' probable starting pitchers for the two midweek games as senior left-hander Tony Cingrani (0-0, 0.00) vs. Lamar, and sophomore right-hander Chase McDowell (0-1, 13.50) vs. Texas State. Rice starters for future games will be announced at a later time.

Cingrani is in his second year with the program after transferring from South Suburban College in Illinois. A year ago Cingrani was 1-0 and he finished fifth on the Rice staff with six starts, facing NCAA Tournament-bound teams Stanford, California and San Diego, as well as Texas Tech, Sam Houston State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The New Lennox, Ill., native worked a total of 22.0 innings in 2010. He registered 13 strikeouts last season, including a career-high four strikeouts on two occasions. Cingrani may not have always been the pitcher of record in his starts, but the Owls went on to win five of those six outings.
McDowell is scheduled to make his first collegiate start at Texas State on Wednesday evening. The 6-foot-2 College Station, Tex., native made only four relief appearances on the mound last season, maintaining a 3.86 ERA with no decisions. He played more as a left-handed hitter during his freshman campaign (18 games), but showed tremendous improvement while playing in the Alaskan Collegiate League over the summer. McDowell worked his way into starting consideration during the Owls' fall practices. He pitched 2.2 innings against No. 10 Stanford over the weekend in his 2011 season debut.
Lamar announced its starting pitcher as junior right-hander Eric Harrington (0-0, 0.00).
Texas State announced its starting pitcher as junior right-hander Carson Smith (0-0, 4.50).

Reckling Named C-USA Pitcher of the Week
Rice junior Matthew Reckling was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday (Feb. 21) from its headquarters in Irving, Tex. Houston's Chase Jensen was named the C-USA Hitter of the Week... Reckling, a veteran of the Owls' pitching staff, handcuffed No. 10 Stanford with 6.0 shutout innings Saturday (Feb. 19) as Rice clipped the Cardinal, 7-1. The Houston native from Kinkaid H.S. worked a career-long 6.0 frames, scattering four hits and two walks while striking out four. He held the heavy-hitting Cardinal to a composite .182 batting average in notching his first win of the season. It is the first time in Reckling's career for him to earn the C-USA Pitcher of the Week honor... Chase Jensen helped Houston to a three-game sweep of Texas-Arlington to open the season. Jensen batted .600 batting (9-for-15) with two doubles and a two-run homer in the series finale.

Rice-Stanford Super Series Draws 12,000 Fans To Reckling Park
After the opening weekend of the college baseball season the Owls are 13th in the nation in home attendance. A total of 12,182 fans were on hand for the Owls' three-game series vs. Stanford. After the opening set of games, here are the early leaders for average home attendance.
1. LSU 10,640
2. Ole Miss 8,258
3. Arkansas 8,109
4. South Carolina 7,933
5. Texas 6,637
6. Mississippi State 5,887
7. Clemson 5,177
8. Florida State 5,169
9. TCU 4,964
10. Florida 4,668
11. Alabama 4,523
12. Texas A&M 4,319
13. Rice 4,061
14. Hawaii 3,867
15. Auburn 3,838

Previous Outing: No. 10 Cardinal Clip Rice 6-2 In Weekend Series Finale
HOUSTON -- The No. 10 Stanford baseball team collected 13 hits, including three for extra bases, on the way to a 6-2 win over the Rice Owls in front of a Reckling Park crowd of 4,233 Sunday afternoon (Feb. 20) in Houston... A three-game total of more than 12,000 fans attended college baseball's only season-opening weekend series that featured two nationally-ranked teams. The Cardinal claimed the series two games to one... The Owls struck for the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Freshman Keenan Cook led off with a double, moved to third on a base hit by Anthony Rendon and scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael Fuda... Stanford came right back with a run in the top of the second. Stephen Piscotty singled and moved to scoring position on an error. Austin Wilson hit a two-out RBI single to left before the Owls worked out of the inning. The same duo helped the Cardinal take the lead in the fourth. Piscotty hit a single through the right-side and Brian Ragira knocked an RBI triple to right. Wilson followed with a single to center to give Stanford a 3-1 lead. The Cardinal made it 4-1 with Lonnie Kauppila's solo home run to lead off the seventh... Rice answered with a score in the bottom of the frame. Veteran catcher Craig Manuel led off with a single and freshman Michael Aquino ran for him at first base. Aquino advanced two stations on a Stanford fielding error and scored on Cook's ground ball to the right side to make it 4-2. Stanford added two more runs in the top of the eighth on four hits to stretch the margin to 6-2... The Owls had another sound and solid outing on the mound from a freshman starting pitcher. Newcomer Austin Kubitza worked 6.0 innings in his Division I debut, allowing just two earned runs on six hits while striking out five with no walks... Rice closes-out the season-opening four-game homestand on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The Owls host longtime rival Lamar at 4 pm at Reckling Park. The Blue & Gray then play at Texas State on Wednesday evening before returning home to host another Pac-10 power next weekend. Rice hosts Southern California on Feb. 25-27 at Reckling Park.

Rice Baseball Picked For Seven Televised Games This Season
HOUSTON - Rice baseball is slated to have seven of its regular season games televised, Conference USA and Rice Athletics Director Rick Greenspan announced. With a winning tradition and a fan-and-TV-friendly Reckling Park as its home stadium, the Owls are again a favorite for live televised broadcasts. CBS Sports Network (formerly CBS College Sports - CBSC), a national leader in televising a host of collegiate sporting events, will nationally televise Rice's May 19 road game against Southern Miss. The contest is a rematch of the same two teams that a year ago met in the Conference USA Championship Final. Six games are regional telecasts on Comcast Sports Southwest (CSS) that have potential for wider distribution. Three of the CSS games will be played at Reckling Park. All five games of the Owls' annual season-long series against crosstown rival Houston will be broadcast on CSS. Rice's April 12 home game against longtime foe Texas A&M is now a CSS game.

The C-USA Favorites
IRVING, Tex. - With returning National Player of the Year Anthony Rendon tabbed as the 2011 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year, along with fellow Owls Jeremy Rathjen and Taylor Wall selected as preseason all-conference honorees, the Rice baseball team was picked to finish first in the league in a head coaches poll, the C-USA office announced... Rice, East Carolina and Southern Miss all had three preseason honorees, sharing the most of any school in the annual coaches' survey... Already a unanimous preseason All-America selection, the C-USA coaches voted Rendon as the favorite to win what would be his third C-USA Player of the Year Award in as many seasons. The Owls' junior third baseman became the first freshman to win the C-USA player of the year award in 2009, and then just the second player in league history to earn the honor twice when he won it again in 2010. A year ago Rendon batted .394 and ranked among the NCAA leaders in home runs (26), RBI (85) and slugging percentage (.801). The Houston native from nearby Lamar High School was named the recipient of the 2010 Howser Trophy as the National Player of the Year... Junior outfielder Jeremy Rathjen earned second team all-conference honors after a solid sophomore season in 2010. A year ago Rathjen batted a steady .317 with 13 home runs. The local standout from Memorial High School drove-in 69 runs and scored 52 times in 57 games played... Taylor Wall is a left-handed pitcher who earned second-team all-Conference USA accolades in 2010. Wall went 5-5 with a 4.45 ERA in 15 starts. The Houston native from Westside High School finished among the C-USA leaders in starts, innings pitched (85.0) and strikeouts (61). He held all opponents to a composite .233 batting average.

2011 CONFERENCE USA PRESEASON BASEBALL AWARDS
(as selected by C-USA's head coaches)

PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. Rice (6)
2. Southern Miss (2)
3. East Carolina
4. UCF (1)
5. Tulane
6. Memphis
7. Houston
8. Marshall
9. UAB
(first place votes in parentheses)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Rendon, Rice (Junior, Third Baseman)

PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Todd McInnis, Southern Miss (Senior, RHP)

ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
P, Seth Maness, Sr., East Carolina
P, Todd McInnis, Sr., Southern Miss
P, Taylor Wall, Jr., Rice
RP, Collin Cargill, Sr., Southern Miss
C, Victor Gomez, Jr., Marshall
IF, Garrett Cannizaro, So., Tulane
IF, Anthony Rendon, Jr., Rice
IF, Corey Thompson, Jr., East Carolina
IF, B.A. Vollmuth, Jr., Southern Miss
IF, Chad Zurcher, Jr., Memphis
OF, Jamal Austin, Jr., UAB
OF, Drew Martinez, Jr., Memphis
OF, Trent Whitehead, Sr., East Carolina
DH/UT, Jeremy Rathjen, Jr., Rice

Career Longball Leaders
As the 2010 national player of the year and a unanimous 2011 preseason All-America selection, junior third baseman Anthony Rendon has both the eye of the media covering college baseball, and the full-attention opposition. It seemed it was only going to be a matter of time before he broke into the Rice top ten for career home runs, and he enters his junior year already in the top three. The junior standout from nearby Lamar High School has two players in front of him who also happen to be some of the most prominent players in Rice baseball history. Rice's top ten career home run hitters are as follows:
1. 67, Lance Berkman (1995-97)
2. 59, Bubba Crosby (1996-98)
3. 46, Anthony Rendon (2009-current)
4. 43, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95)
5. 42, Eric Arnold (1999-2002)
T 6. 39, Jay Knoblauh, (1985-88)
T 6. 39, Aaron Luna (2006-2008)
8. 37, Damon Thames (1998-99)
9. 33, Jacques Landry (1995-96)
10. 32, Enrique Cruz (2001-03)

Sign Up For "Dollars For Dingers"
Owl fans are encouraged to support Rice Athletics by signing up for the 2011 edition of the Dollars for Dingers program. Signing up on-line at this link is easy and secure... for Dingers is a fun way to support Rice student-athletes. The popular program ties the total number of Owl home runs hit during the season to a financial contribution from our fans. Last year, participants in the Dollars for Dingers program contributed more than $30,000 to the Owl Club Scholarship Fund supporting all of Rice's student-athletes... Rice invites fans to make your pledge today as the Owls try to eclipse last year's home run total of 96. The Development Office will keep track of the count all the way through the College World Series, and let fans know their gift amount at the end of the season. Every pledge of $2 or more qualifies participants for a special souvenir... The Rice baseball team will again be swinging for the fences this year. On behalf of the student-athletes who benefit from your generosity, Rice sends its deepest appreciation and hopes the wind is blowing our way each time the Owls are up to bat!

"At Flex Packs" Now Available
Owl Single game tickets for the 2011 Rice baseball season are now available through the At Bat Flex Packs, the Rice Ticket office announced... The Flex Packs are a convenient and economic way for fans to purchase tickets of their choice, including on-line purchases. The Flex Packs are available in four options; the single, double, triple and home run. Here's what they deliver:
Single - eight tickets for $60
Double - 12 tickets for $80
Triple - 16 tickets for $100
Home Run - 20 tickets for $120
Flex Pack fans will be sent vouchers that can be redeemed for printed tickets at the Rice ticket office or at the Reckling Park ticket window the day of the game. The vouchers may be used all at one game, or spread out over several games. For example, with the Single Pack, a fan and a friend can go to four games, bring a group of eight to one game, or get one ticket to eight different games, etc.... Fans are encouraged to specify the games they would like to attend when they order online or by phone. Otherwise, fans will receive vouchers that can be redeemed during ticket office business hours or at Reckling Park on the day of a game while supplies last... Tickets purchased with the Flex Packs will be in Concourse 2 at Reckling Park, with the exception of games against Texas A&M (April 12) and the University of Houston (March 23 & 29), which will be general admission... For more information, call the Rice Ticket Office at 713-522-OWLS. Link directly to Rice Ticket Page.

Winningest Teams of The 2000's
(Since the beginning of the 2000 season)
Team Yrs. Won Lost Tied Pct.
1. Florida State 552-194-1 .740
2. Rice 534-185-0 .743
3. Texas 529-202-1 .723
4. South Carolina 521-217-0 .706
5. Wichita State 500-236-0 .679
6. North Carolina 497-212-1 .701
7. Cal St. Fullerton 488-213-0 .696
8. Coastal Carolina 487-200-0 .709
9. Georgia Tech 484-201-1 .699
10. LSU 481-232-4 .674
11. Clemson 481-241-1 .666
12. Miami (Fla.) 477-210-3 .693
13. Oral Roberts 476-187-0 .716
14. Nebraska 455-225-2 .662
15. Tulane 454-231-2 .662
16. Arizona State 449-186-2 .706
17. East Carolina 447-232-2 .658
18. Notre Dame 443-224-4 .663
19. Stanford 442-237-2 .651
20 Mississippi 434-252-1 .632
21. Florida 433-256-2 .628
22. TCU 424-247-0 .625
23. Southern Miss 421-237-2 .639
24. Virginia 421-248-1 .629
25. Florida Atlantic 420-256-0 .621

18-Straight 30-Win Seasons; Lookin' For 19!
Rice has reached the 30-win plateau for 18th-straight seasons. Only five other schools in the country have longer active streaks of having won at least 30 games: Arizona State (48 years), Miami-Fla. (40 years), Clemson and Cal State Fullerton (both 36 years) and Georgia Tech (28).

Postseason Streak Now 16-Straight; Lookin' For 17!
A year ago the Rice baseball program made its 16th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Baseball Championship, which ranks as the fourth-longest active streak in the country. Miami (Fla.) made the field for the 38th consecutive year, extending its own record, followed by Florida State (33) and Cal State Fullerton (19).

Conference Championship Streak Reaches 15-Straight Years
Rice has now won or shared a total of 15-straight conference championships (including either regular season or conference tournament titles) dating back to 1996. The streak covers the Owls' membership in three different leagues beginning with the Southwest Conference, to nine seasons in the Western Athletic Conference (1997-2005) and five Conference USA titles in as many years.

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Major League Baseball Playoffs-is there a better way?

Being that it is October and the postseason of Major League Baseball is currently in progress, I thought that I'd devote a few moments of my time to share my thoughts with all of you about some alternative ways Major League Baseball could use, or has used, to promote a great postseason experience for everyone. I firmly believe there are a number of scenarios that could improve the game. I'm going to share three of those scenarios with you, and also, I'll be sharing some pros and cons of each scenario. You may also learn some history and facts about Major League Baseball that you may not have already known previous to reading this post.

First, let's discuss Major League Baseball's current postseason format.

Right now, Major League Baseball operates under the new "Divisional Play Rules," which, when restructured following the 1994 player strike, state that there are to be three divisions in each league, the East, West and Central Divisions. The team with the best win-loss record in each division after the regular season ends will compete in the playoffs, and one Wild Card team (the team in each league with the best win-loss record out of all the teams who did not win a Division Title) will compete in the playoffs. The current MLB playoffs consist of a Divisional Series (best-of-five games), a League Championship Series (best-of-seven games) and World Series (best-of-seven games). Typically, the #1 seed (Division Champion with the best regular season record) plays the #4 seed (Wild Card) and the #2 seed (Division Champion with the 2nd best record) plays the #3 seed (Division Champion with the 3rd best record) in the initial, Divisional Series. Four total Divisional Series take place, two in each league. The winners of each Divisional Series will compete with each other in their corresponding league's Championship Series. Two total League Championship Series will take place, one in each league. The winner of each series is crowned as either National League Champions or as American League Champions, depending on the league in which they compete. Each will represent their respective league in the World Series. The winner of the World Series is crowned as the World Champion of Baseball.

Your probably also wondering how Major League Baseball determines which teams will host certain games of each series, and how many games each team will host. Home-field advantage is based strictly on regular season records, but this only holds true in the Divisional Series and the League Championship Series. The #1 seed in each league entering the playoffs has clinched home-field advantage for their entire league playoffs. If the #1 seed is eliminated following Divisional Series play, the team with the next best record who is not a Wild Card will hold home-field advantage for the League Championship Series. A Wild Card team can NEVER hold home-field advantage during league playoffs. Usually, teams in each Divisional Series follow a 2-2-1 format (the team with home-field advantage hosts the first two games and, if necessary, the final game of the series), but this can vary depending on the length of the series that the top seeded team chooses to play (the top seeded team of each series can decide on the length of over how many days the games of the series take place). For example, the top seed can choose to have the series played over a total of 5 games in 6 days or a total of 5 games in 8 days. This choice could ultimately change the format of the series, which is at Major League Baseball's discretion. The League Championship Series ALWAYS follows a 2-3-2 format (team with home-field advantage hosts the first two games, and, if necessary, the final two games.) The length of over how many days the series is played and, also, which days the teams do not play is decided by Major League Baseball. Again, the team with the best regular season record who is not a Wild Card will hold home-field advantage for the LCS.

The topic of home-field advantage in the World Series has become one of the most hotly debated issues in the sports world. Previous to 2003, the two teams competing in the Fall Classic decided who held home-field advantage based on who had the best regular season record. This was soon dramatically changed. Following 2002, Major League Baseball, and Commissioner Bud Selig, ruled that the All-Star Game each July would determine which league would hold home-field advantage in the World Series each October. This was, in large part, due to the All-Star Game disaster that took place in July 2002. During that game, which was held at Miller Park in Milwaukee, both mangers approached Commissioner Selig during the 7th inning and informed him that they were both out of players. Selig ruled that the game would end, right then, in a tie. In my opinion, Commissioner Selig had no other choice. Had he kept the game going, players would have been at an increased risk for injury and pitchers would have been overthrown, affecting their respective team's strategy in the weeks following the All-Star Game. This decision resulted in much criticism from the press, players, and fans. Baseball had to do something to prevent this occurrence from ever happening again. So, the Commissioner, owners, board members, and MLB Player's Association (MLBPA) heads got together to figure out a solution. The result: the All-Star game would determine home-field advantage each season for the World Series. The game was actually going to mean something more than just plain old bragging rights, and, in addition, extra players would be added to the rosters of each league's team. This final decision resulted in even more criticism than that of the decision to end the game in a tie. I do not personally believe that making the game count was the best move, but that's a topic for a future post. The All-Star Game was meant, simply, to be an exciting experience and a terrific opportunity for fans and players. People believed that Major League Baseball's decision to make the game count demeaned the actual intentions the league had when it began the playing of the Summer Classic in 1933. (The All-Star Game began as a fun addition to the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. It was the brainchild of The Chicago Tribune sports editor, Arch Ward. The game has grown into one of the most prolific events in professional sports. In the years following Major League Baseball's acceptance of the infamous game, every single professional sport in America has followed with its own variation of an All-Star Game.)

Anyhow, the World Series ALWAYS follows the 2-3-2 format, and home-field advantage is decided based on the result of the All-Star Game. The league that wins the Summer Classic will give their league champion home-field advantage in the Fall Classic. The "Designated Hitter Rule" is in effect when playing at an American League park (the "DH rule" was initiated in 1973 by the American League as a solution to having a much lower attendance rate than their counterpart National League). The rule is another controversial one, and it is one that I absolutely despise. It contradicts the first rule in the book of baseball. Rule 1.1 (Official Major League Rulebook) states that "baseball is a game of two teams, each side consisting of a total of nine players." When the "DH rule" is in effect, it is in direct violation of Rule 1.1. Again, the World Series is a best-of-seven game series. The first team to win four games is crowned as World Champion.

Now that you are familiar with the current Major League Baseball postseason setup, here are three other possible scenarios baseball could go with, or once had gone with:

Scenario #1, "The Purist's Way": Previous to 1969 (the season in which Divisional Play began), the team in each league with the best win-loss record after the regular season would meet in the only playoff series of the year, the World Series. There are no Divisional Series or League Championship Series played when using this format. This format was used from 1901 (the first season in which a World Series was held) to 1968 (the final season of non-Divisional play). Baseball purists are almost always advocates of this format, as it was the first format ever used to crown a champion between the two competing leagues. A TON of arguments can be used when debating whether or not this format was a useful one. First off, purists argue that having only one team make the playoffs from each league results in a much more exciting and competitive regular season. They argue that a Wild Card team has no place in the playoffs and that Wild Card teams are winning and competing in too many World Series because of the current postseason format. Purists also argue that this is the way Major League Baseball had intended when crowning a World Champion.

Because of the way in which money and economic status dominate the game in modern times, owners and investors of the game have a much more formidable argument as to why this format is no good: including more teams in the postseason will result in a greater amount of profits from ticket sales, advertisements, and other resources. With more teams participating in October baseball, there are more games being played. This directly results in much, much more money being made from ads in the stadium and through alternative viewing platforms (such as television, the internet, 3G devices, and Apple Inc.'s iPod), a greater number of tickets sold because there are more games being played, and much greater non-ticket profits from a variety of team merchandise, concession sales, and also via franchise bonuses from Major League Baseball. Also, with more teams in the postseason, more organizations are able to present their "product" (or team) to a wider variety of consumers. Instead of their game only being broadcasted regionally, team's games are broadcast to the entire nation and to different parts of the world. This attracts newer fans in huge numbers, something every MLB organization is trying to accomplish in attempting to compete in the playoffs.

Purists cannot stand the argument of business and economics being brought into the conversation of the game. They believe that baseball was never about the money and, also, that baseball being promoted as such a big-time, big money-making business is demeaning to the game itself. In reality, professional baseball is all about making money. The game going professional was a business venture that investors used to reel in the big bucks, although most want to believe that the formation of Major League Baseball held other meanings. Once again, every professional sport, baseball included, is all about making money. That is why "The Purist's Way" will never again be considered as a legitimate format for Major League Baseball playoffs.

Scenario #2, "The Pre-Divisional Series Format": If more games being played can result in even higher profits, why not incorporate more games, more teams, and maybe a whole new series into the postseason? This type of scenario is one that is not usually discussed when debating alternative MLB playoff formats, however, I'm not sure why. After all, the three other major professional sports in America (NFL, NBA, and NHL) have all incorporated an extra playoff series (NBA and NHL) or an extra week of playoff games (NFL) into their league's playoff formats. All three sports have done so in different variations, but based on the same profitable concept. All recognized that a significant amount of money could be made by expanding on their sport's playoff format. This theory has worked out exceptionally well for each sport, and it has resulted, not only in the expansion of each respective sport, but, in a profit increase for each team competing, as well as a profit increase for each individual league. This scenario also gives more teams more opportunities to get involved in the postseason. The greater probability of making the playoffs excites most fans and tends to encourage more fans to frequently follow up on how their favorite team is doing. If a team has fans that believe their team has a chance, those fans are going to come to the games more often. They may also tune into alternative viewing platforms, which could result in higher profits via advertisements.

Purists argue that allowing more teams into the postseason, once again, results in a much less competitive regular season. They also argue that when you allow too many teams into the playoffs, there will be significant numbers of sub-par teams that do not belong. The purists that buy into the concept of baseball as a business say that fans will not turn out to as many regular season games, believing the season is less competitive and far less important when you allow more teams into the playoffs. Purists deny that this scenario would be effective when considering baseball, although most purists intensely reject change to the game itself. There are many examples that lead me to believe that this scenario might actually work and be good for baseball.

The National Basketball Association is a prime example of this scenario being put to good use. The NBA decided, just recently, to incorporate an extra playoff series into their postseason format. The league came together and came up with the idea to add Conference Quarterfinals to the postseason. This decision resulted in a total of four extra teams from around the league being able to compete in the NBA's playoffs each and every year. The decision to expand on their playoff format has led to good results for the NBA and for the game of basketball. Not only is more money being made, but the league is attracting a significant amount of new basketball fans. Take China for example. There are now an estimated 300 million basketball fans there now. That's the entire United States population! The growth of the booming NBA market can be linked to the idea of expanding the playoffs. Of all major basketball broadcasts in China, over 60 percent are related to the NBA postseason. Generating millions of new fans provides a much larger consumer base that the league and its teams can profit from and draw upon. When new markets are created, there are millions upon billions of dollars of profit that have just been created as well.

Let's also not forget how exciting the new NBA playoffs have become. The NBA playoffs provide some of the most improbable, stunning and exciting games of the year in sports. I'd also like to point out that having longer playoffs may also weed out the teams that do not belong. An NBA team must win a total of 16 games over four best-of-seven playoff series. Winning that consistently is what separates the good teams from the great teams, and it may also result in the sub-par teams eventually being eliminated. In a long playoff format, teams must prove themselves. This is the answer to the purist's belief that too many sub-par teams are let in via this scenario.

NBA playoff series, as well as NHL playoff series, all consist of best-of-seven game formats. This brings us to our next type of scenario.

Scenario #3, "The Seven Game Divisional Series": For the last decade, ever since the institution of the Divisional Series, people have been arguing over the length of the five-game playoff. They want to know why the series is so short and why it's not the same length as the other two MLB postseason series that are now in effect. The only answers to these questions that I can provide is that the series is so short due to Major League Baseball and the MLBPA being iffy when finalizing the decision to expand with a Divisional Series. At the time this decision was made, the process of purifying the game of baseball was at a high point and was, you could say, on Major League Baseball's "to-do list." You may not believe this fact because of the amount of change that took place following the 1994 player strike. But just take into consideration that the idea of keeping the game pure may have been on the minds of people who factored into making the final decision to change the playoff format. These people of Major League Baseball faced the daunting task of trying to devise a plan to increase profits as a direct result of the players demanding higher wages. This, while trying not to upset baseball fans by enforcing too much change. Before the players declared a strike, fans were horrified by the thought that baseball may never again be the same. Major League Baseball knew this. They had to find a way to keep everyone happy. They did not want to over-expand the postseason, so they increased the number of games that would be played in the League Championship Series and equaled the number of games played in the Divisional Series to that of the League Championship Series from 1969 to 1993. By doing such a thing, Major League Baseball felt they had found a way to sufficiently increase profits while not interfering too much with the pureness of the game. (I'm still unable to answer why the LCS was a short five games when that type of format was instituted in 1969. I can say that pre-World Series playoff series were a brand new concept to Major League Baseball at the time, and the pureness factor has to also be considered. Keeping the game pure had to be even more important to baseball then when compared to the 1994-95 format changes. The postseason had been virtually the same for nearly 68 years up to that point, except for the change in the length of the World Series from nine games to seven games in 1920. At the time when playoff format was changed and expanded for the first time ever, changes in season routines were unheard of, as well as unwanted. Baseball had to do whatever it could as to not affect the routine too much, just like in 1994-95.)

Now that the acceptance of the current MLB postseason format has taken full effect, why not match the idea of the other major professional sports by making the number of games played in each series an equal one? Most believe that five games are not currently enough to decide on a series victor. I, for one, believe that the five-game Divisional Series has resulted in way too many Wild Card teams winning the World Series or, for that matter, even competing in the World Series. Remember the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals? That team won a total of 83 games in the regular season. 83 games! What a pitiful win percentage for a playoff team (.512). They entered the postseason as the #4 seeded Wild Card team in the National League and they proceeded to become World Champions. If you look at their performance in the Divisional Series, you might think that if there had been an extra two games added to the series (meaning the organization would have had to win one more game), the Cardinals would not have advanced. This concept can be applied to several teams playing in the Divisional Series since 1995. Adding two extra games to the Divisional Series may quiet the baseball purists who are against the outrageous number of Wild Card teams getting into and winning the World Series. Also, adding two more games would, again, increase profits, although not by much as it is just two more games in a series.

The facts are that while the game of baseball itself and the way the game is played have so greatly evolved, the players, owners, league, and fans have all resisted other changes that have been imposed upon the game.

There are many who love the game because of its spontaneity, and then, there are many who love the game for its immortal legends. There are some who hate baseball for what it has become, and there are some who hate baseball for what it once was. There are purists and then there are modernists, statisticians and enthusiasts. There are owners and there are managers. There are players, critics, and fans. There is umpiring and there is official scoring. There are organizations, franchises, associations, and teams from cities big and small. The game has seen rage from a fierce competitor who once beat a man in the stands who had no hands, it has seen a nation fall in love with the right arm of a cool-headed pitcher who preached spirituality, a man who was so adored that his hometown now devotes an entire holiday in his honor. It has seen two best-friends from different walks of life put on a home-run display unlike any other, only for that summer to soon be forgotten because of the two men's appearances in front of grand juries in order to explain their alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. The game saw a nation provide no appreciation for a man they all hated, a man who broke the most hallowed record in all of sports. The hate was all because they believed he used drugs to alter his performance.

Baseball is a game that saw a 1922 Supreme Court ruling be upheld, a ruling that stated the game was, somehow, not interstate commerce, thus, becoming the first business to be exempt from a group of laws that no business had, or has, ever beat. It also saw a group of eight men, "Black Sox" if you will, have to appear in court because they were believed to having accepted money to throw the 1919 World Series. The game has seen a player hit a home run to win a World Series just twice, both times a feat that lifted the respective cities to the top of the sporting world. It has seen a team win a World Championship an unprecedented 26 times, watched another team win its first World Championship in over 86 years, and it has witnessed one team suffer a miserable 100 years, and counting, without winning a single World Championship for themselves or for their beloved city. The game saw a team fall behind three games to none in a League Championship Series, only to come storming back and win the series in seven games, a feat never before accomplished. Baseball twice has seen a team finish with the worst record in the league one season, and then finish with the best record in the league the following season. Baseball has seen just three men hit over 700 home runs, one of which became the face of baseball forever as he captured the essence of an ever-changing sport. He was a man who helped a country forget about its greatest economic demise with only the crack of his bat.

The game of baseball has seen the good and the bad. However, it is a game that can never be matched. It is a game that has defined a country through thick and thin, and it is a game people turned to when they needed more than help. It is the only game in which its legends will be forever immortalized for what they did on the field, and often times, for what they did off of it. Perhaps the postseason format that baseball decides upon will never again change, and maybe it doesn't even make a difference. Whatever happens, we will always know that the game's history is written with every pitch, and, we hope that the game will be there for us when we face darker times; we hope it is there for us just as it has been for the last 150 years. We hope when we do have trouble in life there will be something we can turn to, and we hope that answer will be the game of baseball.

Baseball may just be a game, but it's a game that has held a special place in the hearts of billions of people ever since its creation. Baseball is unlike anything else we know of. For that reason, the game's significance will never be compared to anything else, ever.

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Chicago Cubs baseball team not-why Cubs baseball winning

Chicago Cubs starting pitching should be dominating WINS Triple Crown, batting champion and former shortstop. Why are the Chicago Cubs losing ballclub?

To answer this question out at the beginning of the season to 2005. Glendon Rusch put the bullpen at the beginning of the year, Ryan Dempster and placed into the starting rotation was. Glendon Rusch signed be Chicago Cubs starter left # 5. This year, which is consistent with all his career, he has a reliever's RMB ￥ 5.14 era, the age of 3-32because we chose Notepad as a passion. While the Dempster rotation is better than his numbers indicate, Chicago Cubs lost a lot of games at the beginning of the year, because there was no bullpen quality to them.

Chicago Cubs baseball too, like the other, were a lot of injuries this year to their team. When Todd Walker was whipping by Carlos Lee, and out for a month with sprained knee also rescue, Chicago Cubs Wilson Enrique to be their backup second ball player.

Injuries occur on the team is imperative that the team has a set of quality farm. Using as a model to a design team Atlanta Braves baseball quality (over 13 years in a row, the playoffs you are doing something right) Chicago Cubs needed call to Mike Fontenot, Ronny Cedeno or one of their young players to fill this slot second baseball player. Young players in need a chance to play at the major league a legitimate one.

On each baseball, baseball players to play a game, the players, coaches and trained and while players are who should carry out an attack to be successful, the ultimate responsibility of success team falls to the carriages. Team coaches must manage it is true that to be productive and successful advancement. Again, as an example, with the Atlanta Braves, the team's personal consistency over the years was coaching staff, not the players.

When a Player performs badly or is in an apartment building, that player must be dropped in the order of the order, or benched. When Corey Patterson Perez Neifi were both slumping (hitting .200 below) they were hitting the top of the order. When Jeromy Burnitz, Aramis Ramirez me Dirk were slumping were Morea in 3, 4, 5-ary. Matt, while hitting .333, you have not played with standard channels Chicago Cubs in the array.

During the periods the season order should be coordinated, so players who are on a hot streak to reach-more often. Andruw Jones Braves season early had not hit the ball well, and was released to spot the 6th order. As it started to hit the ball out of the ballpark was passed in order to give him more? Bats. For the Chicago Cubs that they need to run following the example of other winning organizations.

Eventually the Chicago Cubs baseball talent be the winning move, but correct decisions will need to be in this team to thrive in the 21st century and beyond.

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Baseball strength extraordinary-the Gospel when it comes to the best training for baseball!

Strength conditioning baseball is a must if you want to be competitive in today's game. When it comes to getting the best workout routine for baseball players I click my mind Professional by telling you about the single-arm kettlebell swing. You know by now is old and kettlebell power conditioning device that is used by athletes in the world for three generations. This ancient and power conditioning device with a style of training is dynamic in nature, a better than anything above all sports athletic particularly baseball.

Basic power tolerance elevator that takes place with the kettlebell called double arm kettlebell swing, but for this article Add I am going to the swing arm single Res. It doesn't matter if you are looking for Baseball pitching workout, exercise rotator, or single-arm swing meets a global training routine only your baseball performance everyone! To make the swing arm single you must first familiarize yourself with the proper technique that is performed with a dual-arm version called snap to hip-hop. Snap hip-hop movement made by you fluently and constantly flexing and extending it to your thighs and knees — both to create the necessary momentum to swing the kettlebell chest level.

Swing arm single first you want to set your grip correctly before you exercise. With the Bell on the ground just catch the handles toward the inner half of the Bell that solve you want to start. Then, make sure that when you grip the handle to rotate it so that they point to count kettlebell. This is referred to as hooking and firmly grip the Bell with the Palm of your hand and hold not to wear your grip with your fingers. From here, pick up the Bell and snap to hip-hop. As the Bell up to the height of the chest ensure hand pointer down as it descends between your legs allow the forearm rotate thumbs down-location. Continue rotating this natural back and forth with each wing. Quickly, you see how major league baseball is a decrease in your work that you started.

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Automatic champion

"Babe Zaharias Didrickson" was amazing athlete. This year, he ran a Texas vehicle riding, playing basketball and baseball – with tremendous talent.

In 1932, tests Olympic won five of the first Championships in athletics events. Games that year, in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal bbahlt m 62 women's gold medal in the Javelin, a silver medal in the high jump.

After the Olympics, Zaharias turned to golf. Although it started from the beginning, won the national amateur women amateur women.

The press vaolmit her natural "athlete". They are sometimes called the "automatic" champion.

But the real story behind the success of hagdiot was her diligence vmokpd Zaharias.
Its success came back and learn. In each sport is for taking, it was intentional, systematic, ongoing. She was a "natural", not "automatic".

When, for example, is playing golf for the first time, it is not the main game automatically. Instead she learned the game carefully, that covers its complex skill sets, led by the teacher of the most beautiful golf course is found. She looked at him all the elements of the swing Golf, broke it into pieces and then integrating motion of fluids.

Besides using the analytical approach to understand the game, also the information Zaharias locked into her nervous system through an exhaustive training. Is to invest up to 12-hour golf, hitting the balls until 1000. Her hands is often so painful, that she was almost not touch her Club. She stopped just long enough to tape up her hands before picking up the Club again.

Zaharias learned to play golf in the right way. She started by hiring an excellent teacher. It analyze each part of the golf swing and then connect them all in motion of fluids. She practiced for 12 hours a day. It is a fundamental practice in Judaism and self-sacrifice. And doubt is not itself. Her previous created enduring self. She believed that if she applied herself she is champion of golf. It has demonstrated the true faith.

Zaharias took a risk. Its reputation is the life of an athlete by trying something new. It is also the life time and increases its new sports her perfect.

Above all, it was the systematic way she went about inventing itself as a champion golfer. Chose a talented teacher, learn all aspects of the game, and her new knowledge and theory into practice, converting the learning theory as well as engine stamina training coordination.

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Develop routines as an athlete can cause you a champion

If you look at athletes all have routines whether it's pre-game routines during game-play routines, or post. Some will say they are superstitions, but there's a difference. Develop routines and consistency allows great to find a model to maintaining the State controlled if they win or loss.

Routines are important as they are all individual are designed by athlete on knowing what is comfortable they prefer. Athletes on the team, you may need to work together as a team have to once again as a team but also a good trainer will allow anyone to pass their own routines.

For example: some coaches may use "psyche" of the music, cry out to get their athletes, and other vchishronot or very need it again for the game. However, this does not work for every athlete and he actually has a negative impact on athletes. Again, carriages with teams want to unite their team by them to perform the same tasks together, it's fine to a certain extent, but just remember that your team is made up of varying personalities and individuals and to allow them to have time to themselves.

This comes down to having good communication with your athletes on each person must know and how they group tasks and respond. Hmamn with "my way or the highway" forces often its players to make the military robotic vmthalkot move down the individual becomes more controlled than a follower. This is required for the army but your athletes in sports want to can their own decisions, as well as respond to events some best fit into the game or program for which tactics drawn up by hmamn. Respect their individuality!

Personal training or individual sports game is completely different with the athletes can not. It's much easier to allow a person to do the best thing for them.

Faith or routine? If you watch the Russian tennis champion Maria Sharapova notice its routines. The most common that I noticed was her routine between games. After each game and before going to change the edges is to go through this routine without fail since it helps her to maintain consistency and a sense of control no matter what. Winning or losing, follows a routine.

Follow the last period of the game it will walk to the corner of the service box, take a step inside the box before making a right angle turn to her seat. If the last broadside of rally takes it from the Court is, and then walk back into the Court and its routine.

Each player tennis after some routine to before serving a tennis ball. It may be bouncing ball two or three times, ??????? their hat, rolling balls around in their hands like Ivan Lendl or bouncing the ball on the ground with their racquet like Boris Becker.

These routines are allowed the player to achieve consistency and control of the rate adjustment. Are allowed to be in control and focus on the next point.

Superstitions are more like an obsessive chpiiti actions occur when an athlete believes that by doing this it will bring them good luck. Most problems arise by accident. superstitions If an athlete is eating a meal before a game is won, and then they eat a meal before every meal just because they think that brought them good luck. As soon as they lose then they stop to eat this meal and change. Superstitions can start and stop quite quickly however; Routines are developed so that they will remain with you through the winning and losing.

As should not try to force the routines on the gymnast, instead let them develop their own routines to work with them to make minor adjustments as needed. Again, it's back to recognize that every person is different and responds differently to things some other msportaim.

Routines can be developed during practice, to be included into each session. Do not attempt to combine a new routine when the contest as it will take you outside your comfort zone. The training is designed for working vaproikt skills; The competition is for entering these skills using instinctively!

Tips for individual athletes in sports:

Develop routines that you are comfortable with

Your coach can help you adjust these routines, as long as you still feel comfortable with them.

Practice these routines based on consistent

Develop routines once again a pre-game

Develop routines pre-game stretch

Develop a pre-game routines for vmkdisha getting there in TERMS of

Find a quiet place where you won't be distracted by everything else

Know when to go and when to turn off

If you lose, make sure that you perform the routines

Maintain control of the game or match

Make sure your routines are within the rules and guidelines of sport

Tips for athletes in sports team:

Communicate with your personal trainer about your needs

Combine your own routines using orientated team tasks

Allow your team-members to see that it is important that you follow your own routines

Know when your want to attend the trainer team tasks

Come early to the stadium as needed to give yourself time to prepare

If a passenger to the place as a team use time bus or plane to prepare

Keep a notebook to keep track of your progress

Keep it simple

Routines have a purpose, as long as they do not receive

Preparation is one of the keys to success

Save check superstitions

Remember that the routines were developed, or if you have to practice during your training sessions. Whether it's before kicking a soccer ball, a blow to baseball, basketball, shooting or ball playing tennis; First, you must be comfortable with the overall planning of the routines of the game. It's often overlooked component of becoming a successful athlete. This is just one more key stage and Act and playing like a pro.

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Sports and in the advertising for baseball Collectibles

When you think of baseball and in the advertising for sports collectibles, you think of baseball cards or your mind and signed, throwback jerseys, jackets, hats, helmets, photos and posters of the tournament? Well, there are many ways to show your support by collecting items of your favorite team or player.

People gather for other sports such as baseball, NASCAR, basketball, football, golf. Items that are pleasant to collect die cast models, Bobble Heads, posters of the hero and the latest items items Fat heads. These are replicas of life-size figures, of Heroes sports you can hang it on your wall. With all the things you can gather, it's no wonder some confused where to start or how to start collecting sports and in the advertising for sports collectibles. Collecting all his sports or sports collectibles is a very personal hobby, like more valuable based on people's desires much success of the single player or team.

Those of us who want to buy a special someone something unique of it their favorite NASCAR driver, basketball, baseball, football, golf or a player or team sports, what you are looking for? If you are into his baseball, you might want to consider the-St. Louis Cardinals. They not only won the 2006 World Series, but they also have all the time as part of the Alexander Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and Yadier Molina. On the other hand, perhaps they are into NASCAR. Have Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart and champion Jimmie Johnson County. Maybe your sports fanatic is a woman. Well, it's like Danica Patrick ??????? Indy Racing supplementary storm. Do not forget the late great Dale Earnhardt Sr. and collectibles that will not only multiply tripled but since his death, and we seem to be growing stronger every year. With many great painters such as Picasso, Earnhardt fans refuse to allow his old dream die.

When it comes to NASCAR, it is recommended that you not only look into cars, but bears plush designed after the driver, year books, autobiographies, key chains and mobile, plates, glasses, watches, and more to your home. You can also find out his baseball & sports collectibles has this into the decorations and Christmas decorations for the tree with the roof of your House sports fan.

However, there are other great sports, including sports stars such as Ben Roethlisberger instead, Shaquille O ' Neil and Nomar Garciaparra. Furthermore, not forgotten the Michael Jordan resounding ever. When the throwback jerseys were mentioned, may or may not have understood how these have affected the sports memorabilia, but in 1980, when the NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER of the NFL, vnbhroth and began to sell both new and used those games, she pushed the collectors wanted even more.

Scene of the game to die has changed also. Fire trucks hot item at once, but they have circling back to the older of the muscle car collectibles hotrod newer. Then we have above all baseball sports and in the advertising for collectors and grab something from the picture of Tiger Woods Los Angeles Lakers for basketball or Indianapolis Colts NFL Super Bowl champions. Even seven time champion de France, Lance Armstrong, has a strong following for his life, sports collectibles.

When it comes to the value of the items you can collect, keep in mind that famous more precious than a baseball star, and in the advertising for sports collectible items will be. If the item can be verified authentic by any means, it Add s really value. Be sure to ?????? all the items related to your sport or sports collectible memorabilia. These include the original box, any correspondence or receipts, signatures, etc. These will all help to make it more valuable, collectible.

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