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...cringe a bit when San Diego State senior Stephen Strasburg, who has struck out 23 in one game, one-hit the Netherlands National Team in his first Olympic start, and has been called the greatest prospect ever by Buster Olney, gets selected first overall during the MLB amateur draft in June. To find out why, read on after the jump...
...baseball. It wasn't part of any regular tradition as it is these days, but it struck a sentimental chord with baseball fans, reminding them of the glory and heroism of legendary players like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. In 1958, on the song's 50th anniversary, MLB gave Norworth - who had finally attended his first game in 1940 - a gold lifetime ball park pass...
...that the NLL engenders everything I appreciate in sports, and everything we can still enjoy in Harvard athletics. The opportunity to play for nothing more than love of a sport narrows tremendously after our four years here, as even those with the talent to get drafted by the MLB or NFL face the daunting reality of profit-driven leagues...
Although 2003 is not too far in the past, it is important to note that over the last six years the league has succeeded in cleaning up its reputation by instituting harsher penalties for substance users and more rigorous testing. Hopefully MLB will use this recent splash in the steroids mix as an impetus to intensify the campaign...
...Even Petitti, the new network CEO, admits he's a bit nervous about winning viewers' loyalty. In the MLB Network's bustling Secaucus studios, Petitti can't contain his energy, asking employees to show him the latest screen graphics and alternate lighting angles. "Because we're launching into more homes than any network ever has, we've got to be more ready," Petitti says from his corner office. "We have a responsibility to make it feel like we've been around awhile on day one." In other words, the MLB Network can't afford too many rookie mistakes, or else...