Ergebnis für "For the Win" in Baseball & Softball

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Astroball is the inside story of how a gang of outsiders went beyond the stats to find a new way to win. When new Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and his top analyst, the former rocket scientist Sig Mejdal, arrived in Houston in 2011, they had already spent more than half a decade trying to understand how human instinct and expertise could be blended with hard numbers. Astroball is the story of the next wave of thinking in baseball and beyond, at once a remarkable underdog story and a fascinating look at the cutting edge of evaluating and optimizing human potential.

Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Chris Myers reflects on his illustrious career as one of the most trusted and renowned journalists in sports. Myers has witnessed and participated in his fair share of historic events: on the field when the earthquake struck the 1989 World Series; on the air throughout the tragic aftermath of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing; on the sidelines during the Patriots’ stunning comeback at Super Bowl LI; and a contentious live interview with the notorious OJ Simpson.

When Rodney Mason, an ex-con drug dealer from Newark's rough South Ward, was shot and paralyzed, he vowed to turn his life around. A former high-school pitching ace with a 93-mph fastball, Mason decided to form a Little League team to help boys avoid the street life that had claimed his youth and mobility. Predictably, the players struggle but through the fists and tears, lopsided losses and rare victories, this bunch of misfits becomes a team, and in doing so gives the community something to root for.

India is a country with more than one billion people, a fanatical national cricket obsession, and exactly zero talent scouts. There, superstar sports agent J. B. Bernstein knew that he could find the Yao Ming of baseball - someone with a strong arm and enough raw talent to pitch in the major leagues. Almost no one in India is familiar with the game, but Bernstein had heard enough coaches swear that if you gave them a guy who throws 100 miles an hour, they could teach him how to pitch.

Sisters Katie and Kyla drink wine and talk about their favorite pastime: the Baltimore Orioles.

The Red Sox win, we podcast, AND THEN WE DO IT ALL again. Sam Anthony and Spencer Wellington discuss all things Boston Red Sox as the boys in Beantown chase down another World Series title.

Win or Hughes is a Bay Area Sports Podcast hosted by brothers Joe & Eric Hughes. Talking sports with a heavy focus on the A's and 49ers. New episodes drop each Monday.Follow the show on Twitter @WinorHughes and find Joe Hughes @VegasJoeHughes

Enjoy betting, or want you've wanted to learn about sports betting, we are here for you. While we mainly try to stick to sports/betting talk, sometimes our own daily life adventures make their way into the discussion, but we're always entertaining. Based out of Washington DC, this is a humorous look at betting on local, and national, sports teams. We also cover, but aren't limited, to the Capitals, Nationals, Mystics, Defenders, and of course... the Washington Football Team. No sport, or team, is left behind. We also talk betting on college basketball and football, MMA, boxing, and XFL. Along ...

A podcast hosted by David Kuhfuss and Dan Thompson. Two avid fans who appreciate well-played baseball, especially when it's done by the Minnesota Twins. Thanks for listening!