BASEBALL STADIUMS:  PART THREE
The previous two articles were devoted to the origins of baseball stadiums and their progress toward enclosed ballparks with artificial turf. This final article in the series will examine multipurpose facilities and those resulting from high-tech innovations.
Multipurpose facilities
The 1970s may be regarded as the era of multipurpose facilities. Stadiums were designed not [...]

BASEBALL STADIUMS: PART TWO
The First of this three-part series of articles dealt with the earliest baseball stadiums. Now you will read about some famous ballparks, past and present.
Wrigley Field in Chicago, now the oldest ballpark in current use in the National League, opened in April 1914. It wasn’t until August 1986, however, that lights were [...]

BASEBALL STADIUMS: PART ONE
The streets of New York in the 1800s may be regarded as the first baseball stadium. It was open and it was free. As the crowds increased, however, players moved across the Hudson River to Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.. It was around this time that the Knickerbocker Club was formed.
Enclosed [...]

THE BASEBALL GLOVE
Apart from helping to protect a player’s hand from injury, the baseball glove has contributed to improved fielding and to winning games.
Making a glove. About 50 steps are involved in making a glove and many of them are by hand. Six or so square feet of cowhide is tanned and carefully examined before [...]

MAKING A BASEBALL BAT
The first baseball bats were probably made of old wagon wheel spokes. Now, however, they are fashioned from wood or metal. Although non-wood bats are allowed in youth, high school and college games, they are illegal in professional baseball.
Facts and figures
The wooden baseball bat is usually made of ash. An average tree [...]

ANATOMY OF A BASEBALL
Baseball has seen many changes during the past one hundred years. The ball itself, however, has remained almost unchanged during that time.
Dissection
Imagine taking apart a baseball, layer by layer, much the same as a student of anatomy would do while performing a dissection. Starting at the outside, you remove the red cotton [...]

BASEBALL MISCELLANY
Baseball origins. Elements of the game as we now know it existed in England in a game called “rounders.” Americans were also playing another ball game with bases known as “town ball.” And by the mid-1940s, sportsmen in several cities in the Northwest were meeting regularly to play variations which they referred to as [...]

BASEBALL BETTING
Despite its unpredictability, baseball still offers opportunities to make money through intelligent wagering. Here are tips to help you.
Money line. Whereas there’s a point spread when betting in major sports such as football and basketball, there’s a money line in baseball. This means that in order for you to win, your selected team must [...]

Among the numerous points to consider before making your bet on any baseball team is the quality of its pitcher.
Experts generally regard the pitcher as the most vital component of a team’s success. They believe that a team will perform according to how the pitcher throws the ball.
With this in mind, here are some questions [...]

Baseball betting is somewhat complex and there’s an ever-present element of doubt. But with time, careful research and study and passionate love of the game, you can be very successful in realizing your goal of making money.
Here are some key factors to consider before you actually make a wager.
The money line. In sports such as [...]