Alex Rodriguez lost $22.1 million in salary as a result of his year-long suspension. But that hasn't stopped him from being the highest-paid player in Major League history. Thanks to a pair of contracts worth more than $250 million, Rodriguez has made more than $350 million in his career.
Shawn Green hit 328 home runs when he played major league baseball in the 1990s and 2000s. During this era many of the league's power-hitters used steroids, but Green says he used meditation to hit home runs.
ENCINO, Calif., Feb. 11 - A dozen of the best pitching prospects in baseball lay side by side in the dark, their eyes closed, their mouths shut, their minds open. They pulled their sweatshirt hoods over their faces. They let their feet dangle over their yoga mats.
This last week I discussed George Sheehan's theory of defense and character in conjunction with The Odyssey , Homer's classic. Today I'd like to extend that discussion with another book on defense, Chad Harbach's THE ART OF FIELDING . Baseball has its human universals, and the best baseball novelists sometimes use classic novels as referents to anchor their works.
The history of baseball in depth with recognizable players and influences of the sport. The article even contains major dates that are remembered throughout baseball history.