Memorable Baseball Game in Miami

November 20, 2009 by BattersUp  
Filed under Baseball Equipment

It was October of 2003. My son Andy was able to get two third-row, behind the dugout tickets for Game-5 of the NLCS. The Chicago Cubs were up three games to one over the Florida Marlins, and were only one win from doing the unthinkable…going to the World Series.
 
Being big Cubs fans at the time, [...]

Tim Lincecum Wins NL Cy Young

November 20, 2009 by BattersUp  
Filed under Baseball Equipment, Catchers Mitt

The San Francisco Giants’ Tim Lincecum has won his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award. As only 10 points separated the top three vote getters, it was one of the closet votes in the history of the honor. Nicknamed “The Freak” for his giant stride, a 15-7 record was good enough to win. Randy [...]

Zack Greinke Wins AL Cy Young

November 20, 2009 by BattersUp  
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When Kansas City Royals’ Zack Greinke’s phone rang, he didn’t recognize the number, so he let it go to voice mail. After listening to it, he called back and found out he won the American League Cy Young Award. The Royals ace was short on wins (16-8 with a major league low 2.16 ERA) but [...]