There are even Hello Kitty business ties and Hello Kitty baseball pitching machines in Tokyo and Kobe.
On the heels of a severe recession, the philosophy of corporate executives when it comes to cash is similar to the view baseball teams take on pitching: you can never have enough.
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As any baseball fan knows, good pitching beats good hitting.
Mr. Halman's death "is a huge setback for Dutch and European baseball, " said Steve Janssen, pitching coach for the Dutch national team, which last month beat Cuba in the finals to win the baseball World Cup in Panama.
Mesa, a cross between Ozzie Guillen and Dusty Baker, always entertained with his antics and consistent illegal rubbing of the baseball with his winter gloves during pitching changes.
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Halladay said one of the things that makes this competition unique is that it actually promotes the new pitching gameplay feature in Major League Baseball 2K11.
For these reasons, it's rare for three of the top pitching prospects in all of professional baseball in one given year to have something in common.
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Baseball Land wants to reduce the number of teams--too many franchises are losing boatloads of money, and talent pools for Major League Baseball have been stretched too thin, particularly pitching.
Other possible causes include hitters muscling themselves up as never before during the off-season, the creation of smaller baseball parks and a general decline in the quality of pitching (every time there is an expansion of the leagues, the theory goes, the pitching talent pool is stretched thin, and batters have a field day, so to speak).
The 2007 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies should lay to rest one of the great myths of modern baseball: that a dominant "closer"--a high-priced pitching ace who enters a game in the final inning to nail down a victory--is a must-have for success.
Former Yankee pitching great Rich "Goose" Gossage will be formally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend in Cooperstown, N.
Cleveland also said right-hander Frank Hermann sprained a ligament in his pitching elbow on Monday against Oakland and outfielder Michael Brantley could return to limited baseball activities next week.
Through his annual Baseball Abstract, James has accumulated droves of devout disciples who eagerly await his astounding analyses on defense, pitching and hitting.
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