Post-Season 2006 Baseball Predictions: Rating the Managers

Finally, the post-season is about to get underway! Which teams will be the last two standing and march forth, or possibly hobble into the World Series? Let's not even talk about the players. First, let's focus on the Managers, says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, top speaker, best-selling author, and uncanny handicapper of the 2006 baseball season.

Baseball Gloves Chairs

Youngsters have always idolized baseballs stars, and with time the presence of baseball in playrooms and bedrooms has gone beyond posters and autographed caps. Baseball has now entered homes in the form of furniture.

Professional Baseball Gloves

Professional baseball is one of the most popular sports in the United States, watched live and on screens by millions of fans. Professional baseball players are subjected to repetitive stress and strain injuries from batting and pitching. Different designs of professional baseball gloves are available to suit individual needs.

How Baseball Bats Are Made?

A baseball bat is a smooth rod made of wood or metal. High-quality wooden, metal, and composite type bats are available. Most wooden bats are made from maple, ash, hickory, and bamboo. Titanium and aluminum are the prime metals used in metal baseball bats.

Purchasing Baseball Tickets

Baseball is one of the most popular team sports in the United States. Baseball tickets are purchased to the tune of billions of dollars every year. Compared with other sports? tickets, baseball tickets are more costly.

Personalized Baseball Gloves

Modern baseball gloves come in a variety of sizes, styles and prices. For the more serious baseball enthusiast, custom baseball gloves are a major attraction. Today's baseball gloves can be customized for a particular fit, color, type of leather and much more.

Yankees Facing Quandary in the Outfield

Is it possible for a team to have too much talent? Can getting two more all-star caliber batters for your lineup be a bad thing? You wouldn't think so logically, but then logic has very little to do with anything that the New York Yankees have done in the last decade. Hideki Matsui came back from a wrist injury on Tuesday night, and Gary Sheffield says he is ready to come back from his own wrist injury any day now. Most teams would welcome those bats as they get ready to start a playoff run, but then most teams don't field an All-Star team every time they play.

September American League Trends

Here's your MLB trends sheet for the first half of September—American League. What's a trends sheet? Basically, I will run down each team in the American League and tell you what teams are hot, heating up, cooling down or cold. It's nearing the end of the season, but there's still plenty of golden baseball betting opportunities out there. Let's jump into the trends outlook and see who's worth betting.

September American League Trends

Whether you have never bet on MLB baseball or have done so casually, this article will help further your knowledge. For those that don't already know, the MLB season takes up just over half of the calendar year. Each team plays 162 games per season. Multiple that by the number of teams in MLB baseball and you have thousands of betting opportunities each season.

The History of Wrigley Field

In March 1914, construction began on what is now known as Wrigley Field. At a cost of $250,000, Wrigley Field remains one of the oldest parks in the history of baseball.

Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson is one of the best young pitchers in the National League. He has shown this time and time again during the 2006 season for the Florida Marlins. When Johnson is on the mound the Marlins have a great chance to end up on top.

Joe Mauer

Do you know who the catcher is for the Minnesota Twins? If not, you may not be alone. But when it comes down to it, Joe Mauer is one of the best players in the game. That is right, Joe Mauer! Never heard of him?

Atlanta Braves & The History of Turner Field

Commonly referred to as the 'Home of the Braves' in honor of it’s tenants, Turner Field hosted it's inaugural Atlanta Braves game in April 1997.

Yankee Stadium

Babe Ruth joined the Yankees baseball team in 1920, after his contract was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth's popularity drew huge crowds to the Polo Grounds, the field that the Yankees had shared with the New York Giants since 1913. In fact, the Yankees became...