Posts Tagged ‘Baseball’
Think Baseball Games Are Too Long? So Does MLB (Video)
November 3, 2016
Baseball. If you’re a fan, you love it; including all its imperfections… the duration of the game, the pace, the lack of action, etc. But those things will have to be fixed to attract new fans; fans that are not currently ‘into’ the sport. Major League Baseball (MLB) knows. Vox knows. And now there’s a video to let us know. All that’s left is to right the ship or write the sport off as America’s Pastime.
MLB games are now longer than epic movies, but it wasn’t always that way.
– Vox
Posted in Business, Opinion, Recreation, Sports, Videos | 
Tags: Baseball, Baseball games are longer than ever, Here's why, Major League Baseball, MLB, Vox | 
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…And Of The Son: The Legacy Of David And Jackie Robinson (Mini-Documentary)
October 25, 2016
David’s story begins by him talking about his going back home to Africa…Tanzania specifically. It’d be an interesting human interest piece if this was just that. But this is a Spike Lee [Lil] Joint. Why the Spike Lee treatment? And why on ESPN? David is activist & baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s son. ESPN’s headline – “Jackie Robinson’s son is a coffee farmer in Tanzania” – rather oversimplifies what this documentary is covering, but it’s a good watch!
Posted in Activism, Business, Celebrity, Film, History, Human Interest, Relationships, Sports, Travel, Videos | Tags: Baseball, Coffee, David Robinson, farm cooperative, Jackie Robinson, Jackie Robinson's son is a coffee farmer in Tanzania, Rachel Robinson, Sharon Robinson, Sweet Unity, Tanzania | No Comments »
Japanese Sword Master Isao Machii Slices Through A 100-MPH Fastball (Video)
October 16, 2015
Above: Poised and ready to strike is Guinness World Record-holder Isao Machii, a master of Laido (a Japanese sword-based martial art). The latest demonstration of craft mastery from this “modern-day samurai  oh… just cutting a baseball, flying at him at 100 mph, in half while standing about 30 feet away from where it was fired. That’s all. You do know that a baseball mound is over twice that far from a major league batter at home plate, right?
Watch reeeeallly close in the clip above. The slice so deadly precise happens in the blink of an eye!
Japanese Sword Master Isao Machii Slices Through A 100-MPH Fastball (Video)
October 16, 2015
Above: Poised and ready to strike is Guinness World Record-holder Isao Machii, a master of laido (a Japanese sword-based martial art). The latest demonstration of craft mastery from this “modern-day samurai  oh… just cutting a baseball, flying at him at 100 mph, in half while standing about 30 feet away from where it was fired. That’s all. You do know that a baseball mound is over twice that far from a major league batter at home plate, right?
Watch reeeeallly close in the clip above. The slice so deadly precise happens in the blink of an eye!
Posted in Performance, Sports, Travel, Videos | Tags: 100 mph fastball, Baseball, Isao Machii, Japan, Japanese sword, Laido, Laido Master, martial art, modern-day samurai, sliced in half | No Comments »
Dominican Baseball Players (Video)
June 23, 2015
Interesting. Major League Baseball-affiliated programming that emphasizes literacy and a high school education for players; whether they get to play at a high level or not.
Over the last few decades, the Dominican Republic has changed the face of American baseball by churning out talented players whose humble beginnings have helped cultivate a unique passion for the game. That passion is often due to dire circumstances that drive all focus to the diamond instead of the classroom. The result is thousands of young Dominican men sacrificing their education and formative years for a 2% chance of making it to the big leagues.
We sent Jaimie Sanchez to Boca Chica, a small, rural town that is home to the MLB’s training camps to visit Junior Noboa. Junior is the head of Latin American Affairs for the Arizona Diamondbacks and has helped develop a digital education program for their young players. We also see Boca Chica through the eyes of two players who were forced to adjust to life back home after their dreams of major league glory never became a reality.
– VICE SPORTS
So, with a program that insists on some level of education, the theory is that would be players would have something to fall back on; even if the fall from potential glory is a hard one. VICE SPORTS with yet another compelling story-behind-the-story.
Posted in Series, Sports, Travel, Videos | Tags: Baseball, Dominican Baseball Players, Education Crisis, Junior Noboa, Literacy, Major League Baseball, VICE, VICE Sports | No Comments »
Chris Rock On Why Black People Don’t Like Baseball (Video)
May 4, 2015
HBO Real Sports is turning out solid gold, in the way of shows, by having comedians in for these funny sports rants. Here’s Chris Rock’s rant on why Black folks aren’t feeling baseball anymore. Hilarious… but some valid points made though.
Posted in Comedy, Videos | Tags: Baseball, Black People, Bryant Gumbel, Chris Rock, HBO, Real Sports, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | No Comments »
20 Years A Yankee: A Farewell To Derek Jeter (Narrated By Black Thought Of The Roots) [Video]
October 2, 2014
Know anything about baseball? If so (or even if you don’t), you are probably very aware – and at least a bit melancholy – about the last trip around the diamond of New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter. Yep, the cap is calling it quits. But not before EVERYBODY (including the U.S. President) wishes him a bon voyage. The future hall-of-famer has spent all his 20 years as a pro in Yankee blue and white; so you can understand how, for even the most jaded New Yorker, it’s so haaarrrd say goodbyyyye to the team’s all-time hit leader.
But Black Thought and The Roots have got something (a song far better than the ‘attempt’ above; guaranteed). The group calls up a 2009 single – “The Fire†– for the heartfelt fare-thee-well. Rock out with your tissues out.
(If the clip above doesn’t get you, the one after the jump will.)
Posted in Celebrity, Sports, Videos | Tags: Baseball, Black Thought, Derek Jeter, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, The Roots | No Comments »
RoboCop Throws Opening Pitch At The Detroit Tigers Vs. Toronto Blue Jays Game (Video)
June 6, 2014
RoboCop Day in Detroit. Yeah, it’s a thing. Here, the city celebrates the sci-fi cyborg cop and the day (and the movie) by having our hero toss the opening pitch at the Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays baseball game.
Both eyes on the viewer above; play and watch. Thank you for your cooperation.
Posted in Celebrity, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Videos | Tags: Baseball, Detroit, Detroit Tigers, opening pitch, Robocop, Robocop Day | No Comments »
Ken Griffey Jr’s son, ‘Trey Griffey’, is an All-American High School Wide Receiver (Video)
January 11, 2012
Baseball Hall Of Famer, Ken Griffey Jr’s son, Trey Griffey, is making his own mark in sports but not in hitting the long ball. He’s catching the long ball as an All-American Wide Receiver. Read more from USATODAY below…
Posted in Cover Story, News, Sports, Videos | Tags: All-American, Baseball, Football, High School Sports, Ken Griffey Jr, Trey Griffey | No Comments »
Moneyball (Trailer)
June 21, 2011
While I was sitting in the theater over the weekend waiting for Green Lantern to begin, the preview for the upcoming film ‘Moneyball’ came on. Due in theaters September 23rd, the film revolves around the struggling Oakland A’s Major league baseball franchise & one man’s attempt to change the franchise’s fortunes around. After watching the trailer I was excited to see this film starring Brad Pitt as it’s based on a true story story & book written by Michael Lewis.
Posted in Sports, Videos | Tags: Baseball, Brad Pitt, Film, Major League Baseball, MLB, Moneyball, Movie, Movies, Oakland A's, Trailer | No Comments »
