Baseball Digest articles from November 2000

Baseball Digest archives from November 2000

off-beat stats.(Baseball)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... THROUGH 1999, ONLY 15 OF 95 WORLD SERIES WINNERS HAVE FEATURED A PLAYER WHO HIT 40 OR MORE home runs during the regular season and 16 of the 95 Fall Classic championship teams have had the league's home run leader on their roster. World...

1967 Carl Yastrzemski Wins A.L. Triple Crown.(Baseball player)
November 1, 2000... Red Sox slugger's magnificent season was his lasting legacy of a distinguished 23-year career LEAVE IT TO PETER GAMMONS TO come up with this one. Carl Yastrzemski batted under .300 more full seasons (17) than any man in baseball history....

Hall of Famers.(participants in the 1975 World Series recall key events and their careers)
November 1, 2000... Fisk, Perez and Anderson Recall `75 World Series Fall Classic of 25 years ago links Cooperstown inductees with special memories of one of the game's great showdowns TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, CARLTON Fisk waved his way into baseball...

Marathon games for starting hurlers are ancient history.(Baseball)
November 1, 2000... More than 80 years ago, Dodgers' Leon Cadore and Braves' Joe Oeschger hooked-up for a 26-inning game that ended in a tie IN TODAY'S GAME OF BULLPEN SPECIALISTS, a manager often tells his starting pitcher "Give us six or seven good innings...

Baseball Rules Corner.
November 1, 2000... Hitters must always keep feet within the batter's box THE BATTER'S BOX AND THE RIGHTS and restrictions of the batter proved to be the subject of one of the season's more violent umpire-player disputes on July 15 at Fenway Park where the Red...

Should Scoring Changes Be Made for Determining Winning and Losing Pitchers?(baseball rules)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... ON MAY 23, THE SEATTLE MARINERS WERE IN BALTIMORE. ORIOLES STARTER PAT RAPP SCATTERED four hits over seven innings and left with a 2-0 lead. After a scoreless eighth, closer Mike Timlin came in, gave up three hits and a walk, and the Mariners...

League Batting Champions.(Baseball)
November 1, 2000... SINCE 1900 AND THROUGH THE 1999 SEASON, THERE HAVE BEEN 199 BATTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (100 IN THE N.L. AND 99 in the A.L.) won by 105 different players, including 45 who have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. What follows is the complete list of...

Facts and Figures.(Baseball batting champions)
November 1, 2000... on League Batting Champions * There have been six players who have won a batting title for two different teams. They include Nap Lajoie (A's and Indians), Jimmie Foxx (A's and Red Sox), Rogers Hornsby (Cardinals and Braves), Lefty O'Doul...

Baseball Quick Quiz.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. (If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average. This November Quick Quiz is a trivia challenge...

Hard Work Pays Off for Anaheim's Darin Erstad.(Anaheim Angels player)
November 1, 2000... After a game, Angels' outfielder says he can't look at himself in a mirror if he didn't give everything he had WITH ONE OUT AND TWO ON IN the ninth inning, Darin Erstad raced to the wall in Edison Field's left field corner. Before leaping...

Throwing From Down Under.(baseball pitching)
November 1, 2000... Submarine and sidearm pitchers have been effective in majors EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ALWAYS been regarded as a novelty, sidearm and submarine-style pitchers have proven themselves to be effective, throughout baseball history. It isn't...

Where Are They Now? Former Twins Star Kirby Puckett.(baseball player)(Interview)
November 1, 2000... Despite losing sight in his right eye, ex-batting champ continues to play a role in the game as Minnesota's executive vice president IT'S DISTRACTING AT FIRST. YOU CAN'T really take your eye off the eye. It's partially closed with kind of a...

Doubleheaders Are Passe.(trends in professional baseball)(Column)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Twin bills have all but vanished from the baseball scene Except for makeup games, `Let's play two' has faded from the major leagues THE MARINER FANS WHO SAT through all 19 innings of last August's marathon with Boston were awfully...

The Fans Speak Out.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2000... An issue of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel last July 27 stated that Bartolo Colon of the Indians struck out the first six batters of a game, one shy of the American League record. Didn't Bob Kuzava of the White Sox once strike out the first...

Most Consecutive 20-Homer Seasons.(baseball)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Below is a chart of players who hit 20-plus homers in a season for 10 or more consecutive years. Included is the total number of homers hit and average homers per season during the player's streak. Player Seasons Years ...

Vizquel and Alomar Rated As Best Middle Infield Duo in Majors.(Omar Vizquel and Roberto Alomar, baseball players)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... THEY MIGHT BE LIKENED TO A PAIR OF MAGICIANS AS THEY EXERCISE THEIR defensive skills in the middle of the infield, often flipping the ball between them with nonchalant grace and perfect timing during a double play. They aren't kids...

Edgar Martinez Mariners' hitting mechanic.(baseball player)
November 1, 2000... Former batting champ continues to dissect his swing in search of perfection at the plate HE'S 37 YEARS OLD. HE HAS BEEN in the majors since 1987. He has accumulated a .321 lifetime batting average, two batting titles and five All-Star...

Top Comebacks for 2000.(baseball players)
November 1, 2000... The most impressive recoveries from 1999 injuries or sub-par seasons include Andres Gararraga, Jim Edmonds, Frank Thomas, Moises Alou and Jason Kendall IT WOULD BE JUST WASTING words, space and the precious time of readers to skirt around...

BASEBALL PROFILE KEVIN MILLWOOD.(baseball player)(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 1, 2000... FULL NAME: Kevin Austin Millwood AGE, HT., WT.: 25, 6-4, 220 Born: December 24, 1974 in Gastonia, North Carolina HOME: Duluth, Georgia STATUS/FAMILY: Married LIFE OUTSIDE BASEBALL: Pretty calm and quiet. I don't get too...

Clearing Up the Confusion over the Strike Zone.(baseball)
November 1, 2000... Here are some insights from players and umpires regarding one of the major leagues' controversial issues THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE STRIKE zone. See, there you go already. Just seeing the words got a rise out of you, didn't it? If...

Fred Lynn Graced Baseball Digest's Cover 25 Years Ago.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... TWENTY-FIVE YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE FRED Lynn enjoyed a phenomenal rookie season for the Boston Red Sox and appeared on our cover for the first time (November 1975). In 1975, Lynn helped lead the Red Sox to the American League pennant, but...