Tag Archives: MLB

The Sports Archives – Top 5 Moments in the St. Louis Cardinals History!

Posted on October 26, 2013 by thesportsarchives

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox are playing in the 2013 MLB World Series and already have a significant history with each other, they also have amazing, breath-taking, and often miraculous highlights of their own. From World … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – The Coolest Trophy Designs In Sports!

Posted on September 12, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Trophies in sports provide validation of a job well done. Whether it’s an individual or team award, the trophy is the tall, heavy, shiny light at the end of the season-long tunnel. They are displayed in stadiums for fans to … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – The 3 Best MLB Parks for Kids!

Posted on September 9, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Petco Park, San Diego California: Perhaps more than any other major league baseball park, Petco was designed with families in mind.  From the grassy knoll outside of center field which has ample place for blankets (with a view of virtually … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives History Lesson – Beer and Whiskey League!

Posted on August 20, 2013 by thesportsarchives

When one thinks of baseball, one also has to think of Sunday afternoons full of beer, hot dogs and peanuts.  But did you know that there was a time when baseball was banned on Sundays and that beer could not … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Tarnished Glory: Alex Rodriguez’s Doping Mess!

Posted on August 8, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill. ~ Douglas Horton Mistakes are part of the human experience, and we all make more than a few along the rocky and sometimes elusive path to maturity. The trick is, … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Does Acquiring Multiple Top Prospects For Veteran Stars Pay Off?

Posted on July 5, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Teams trading away a star player for multiple prospects try to convince their fans that they will end up with a greater number of good players.  Perhaps the best prospect haul in recent years came when Texas traded Mark Teixeira … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Sports Helps Curb Drug Abuse In Young Men!

Posted on June 10, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Pro athletes are role models, whether they like it or not. Kids and young men look up to them and our society celebrates their choice of profession. In the last decade though, drug use in the NFL and the MLB … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – ‘Three Strikes; You’re Out!’ – How Baseball Got Started!

Posted on May 15, 2013 by thesportsarchives

At the risk of assuming baseball started elsewhere, for purposes of this tidbit, we will presume the United States is the point of reference. Historically, however, two English games, Rounders and Cricket had influences on today’s sport of baseball. And … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Five Of The Highest Paid Managers In Baseball!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Major League Baseball is a multi-billion dollar industry, with a large portion of that rightfully going to the salaries of more than a thousand players; they are the people who decide if a team wins or loses and winning teams … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Fantasy Baseball: 2013 Top 10 Closers!

Posted on April 9, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Where you play daily fantasy sports or season-long fantasy baseball, you need to have a strategy. A good start is by having a list of the top players for each position. Here is a list of the top ten closers … Continue reading →

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