It was inevitable that virtual worlds for sports would launch. Through Upper Deck's new sports-themed virtual world at UpperDeckU.com, kids can go online and create their own personalized avatars with league-licensed merchandise. Eventually basecall card virtual worlds and virtual worlds launched by video game companies could collide.
Yankee Stadium is closing its doors after eight decades of serving Yankee fans.
USA Today offers a look back at the memories and the old stadium in this article. Another way to remember a baseball stadium is to build it with Legos.
For information on the new Yankee stadium try here, here, here and here.
President Bush who seems very focused on the game of baseball despite having obviously better things decided to give his opinion on the issue of steroids. President Bush says steroids have "sullied" the game of baseball.
Martin Prado grounded out in the 9th inning of a Mets vs. Braves game and flipped his bat away as he ran to first base. Watch carefully as the bat he tossed away manages to right itself and stay upgright. Is this a fake - someone with way too much time on their hands - or is it a magical bat? You make the call. It also seems like a reference to the film Angels in the Outfield is needed here. Here's the video.
It was the most runs scored by a baseball team in 110 years when the Texas Rangers clobbered the Baltimore Orioles 30 to 3. A Baltimore Sunarticle lists a few other large baseball victories.
There's no exaggerating how long it has been since baseball has seen this kind of offensive display. The 30 runs scored are the fourth most in major league history. The Chicago Colts (now the Cubs) defeated the Louisville Royals, 36-7, in 1897. No American League team has surpassed the Rangers' output, with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox totaling 29 in 1950 and 1955, respectively.
A Boston.com article details how the Rangers scored 30 runs. ESPN has the box score for the game here. 16 of the runs scored by Texas came in the last two innings. This game won't help the ERAs of the four Orioles pitchers who each gave up six or more runs in the game. It must have been a painfull game for Orioles fans to watch.
