Traditional Match-Up

 Pirates vs New York Yankees

I think this match-up is the best game, and very very exciting game in the MLB!

In 1960 Pirates won the league, and advance the frames of the New York Yankees World Series. Round 7 was greeted with three wins and three losses (Forbes Field), has become a major battle in the history of. The Pirates are 4-0 and leading the early stages of reversal takes swipe Yankees 7 points from 5 to up to eight times. The Pirates 9-7 to reverse the eighth inning and took the five-point, the Yankees nine times table to catch up taking a two-point tie. Bottom of the ninth, Mazerosuki is as final World Series hit a homer goodbye Pirates first-ever, is expected unfavorable beat the Yankees in wins and 3 losses and 4. Through this series, the Pirates scored 27 points against the Yankees 55. It was defeated 60 to 91 and also the number of hits, the series won. In this activity, Mazerosuki was elected to the Babe Ruth Award.

RECORD HOLDER (Batter)

Peter Edward "Pete" Rose Sr.

"Charlie Hustle" is his nickname.

To play in the major leagues from 1963 until 1986, with a record number of records, including most hits, most hits record 200 games played record and most MLB.








Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron

This total is over 755 home runs Babe Ruth, was the NO.1 MLB history for 33 years until overtaken by Barry Bonds in 2007. In addition, the former No.1 RBI total number of 2,297 points.

RECORD HOLDER (Pitcher)

Denton True "Cy" Young
And "Cy" the nickname, "cyclone (cyclone, tornado)" is an abbreviation derived from the buzz that had been raised as his fastball cyclone.

He is Total VICTORY NO.1 player!


Cy Young Award award from his name that was created.





Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr.

To play in Major League Baseball from 1966 until 1993, built a mountain of strikeouts and a total of 5,714 major-league record in the arms of a fastball (163km / h approximately) 101 miles the fastest. That holds the season strikeouts other records, such as major career base on balls. At the time of retirement had to keep a record of 53 major record and also include Thailand.

 

 

Japanese Players (Batter)

Ichiro Suzuki

2001~ Seattle Mariners

In the opening game of the Oakland Athletics on April 2, the starting lineup in right field played a van. To emit a first major hit in front of the center to bat fourth, the fifth at-bat was contributed to the victory of the team he scored two hits and a bunt to record the hits.

200 hits were achieved for 10 consecutive years. 200 hits 10 times in total is a second major league history, along with Pete Rose, for 10 consecutive years is a record of the first-ever. Its annual growth for 10 consecutive years for "award" Gold Glove "elected All-Star" "hits" 200 "30% batting average" the continuous recording of finishing the season in 2010. 



Hideki Matsui 
2003~  New York Yankees
2010~  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2011~  Oakland Athletics

March 31, emits a timely hit to the pitcher before Roy left from the starting lineup in left field on his right arm Haradei fifth game against the Toronto Blue Jays season opener, to represent the major for the first time, the first at-bat-first-hits record first RBI.

In 2007 May 6, 2000 this total hits Japan and the United States achieve the second major leaguer to be Japanese at home against the Mariners. There is a brilliant achievement in front of the chairman Shoichi Kaneda Meikyukai rushed from Japan, played a Meikyukai entered. Was initially recorded as an error of outfielder, has been corrected to 2 base after.

Japanese Players (Pitcher)

Hideo Nomo

1995~ Los Angeles Dodgers
1999~ Chicago Cubs
2000~ Milwaukee Brewers
2001~ Detroit Tigers
2002~ Boston Red Sox
2005~ Los Angeles Dodgers
2006~ Tampa Bay Rays
          Chicago White Sox

He achieved a no-hitter in the league in both.




Daisuke Matuzaka


2007~ Boston Red Sox

First major advance in the game against Kansas City Royals on April 5. He was the first time in strikeouts, wins a 10 runs seven times. 
Gave 200 strikeouts and 15 wins in the first year will be the fifth major-major in history first-ever Japanese player in the game against the Minnesota Twins on September 28 was pitched last season.

Famous Coaches

Kevin Long

He has no experience playing in the major, and he is completely anonymous existence. But he became the Yankees' batting coach in 2007, he is that to take care of communication with the players stood in the same eye, well listen to his voice, and said to him, and grabbed their trust.

The Yankees offense scored 915, 244 home runs,  the 0.478 slugging percentage,the 0.362 on-base percentage, 663 walks (altogether major the 1st place), and a 0.283 (the 2nd place of major company) team batting average in the 2009 season of the third year in office.

The result of the instruction is seen by each player the Long hitting coach who has got surrounding Respect by achieving results, and this year also. 

Famous Players

There are very famous players in MLB, I choose two players of them.
 
First, I think Everybody know Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez who is the Yankees fourth batter!
He called "A-Rod", everybody had heard this nickname.He is 36 old, his annual salary is $32,000,000 last year!!!
He played Basketball and American-foot-ball, too.
He was a star shortstop at Miami's Westminster Christian High School. In 100 games he batted .419 with 90 steals!!
I think he is the best player in the world!




Next is Randall David Johnson who called "Randy Johnson".

He is a representative of Major League Baseball Left-handed Pitcher in 1990-2000, with the nickname of the Big Unit.

He is famous from few player that major league 2m8cm tall, 102mph fastest (164km/h ) straight (hour seam) and two slider ,splitter, split two seam throw.

He is a great player have accomplished a NO-HITTER!!

 

Baseball Rules

RULE

A game is played between two teams, each composed of nine players, that take turns playing offense (batting or hitting) and defense (fielding or pitching). A pair of turns, one at bat and one in the field, by each team constitutes an inning. A game consists of nine innings. One team—customarily the visiting team—bats in the top, or first half, of every inning. The other team—customarily the home team—bats in the bottom, or second half, of every inning. The goal of the game is to score more points (runs) than the other team. The players on the team at bat attempt to score runs by circling or completing a tour of the four bases set at the corners of the square-shaped baseball diamonds. A player bats at home plate and must proceed counterclockwise to first base, second base, third base, and back home in order to score a run. The team in the field attempts both to prevent runs from scoring and to record outs, which remove opposing players from offensive action until their turn in their team's batting order comes up again. When three outs are recorded, the teams switch roles for the next half-inning. If the score of the game is tied after nine innings, extra innings are played to resolve the contest. Children's games are often scheduled for fewer than nine innings.

MLB organization

As of the 2011 season, Major League Baseball is divided into the American League (14 teams) and the National League (16 teams).
Currently, each league is further subdivided into three divisions – labeled East, Central, and West. The three-division structure dates back to 1994, the first season after the National League expanded to 14 teams. From 1969 through 1993, each league consisted of an East and West division. Through 1996, the two leagues met on the field only during the World Series and the All-star Game: in 1997, regular-season inter-league play was introduced.
In March 1995, two new franchises—the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays—were awarded by Major League Baseball, to begin play in 1998. This addition would bring the total number of franchises to 30. In early 1997, Major League Baseball decided to assign one new team to each league: Tampa Bay joined the American League and Arizona joined the National League. The original plan was to have an odd number of teams in each league (15 per league, with 5 in each division). MLB also planned to introduce interleague play in 1997, but—with each league having an odd number of teams—interleague play would have had to be used throughout the entire season, to allow every team to play every day. It was unclear, though, if interleague play would continue after the 1998 season, as it had to be approved by the players' union. For this and other reasons, it was decided that both leagues should continue to have an even number of teams; one existing club would have to switch leagues. The Milwaukee Brewers agreed in November 1997 to move from the American League to the National League, thereby making the National League a 16-team league.
Following the 2011 season, Major League Baseball announced its plan to move the Houston Astros from the NL Central to the AL West for the 2013 season, resulting in both leagues having 3 divisions of 5 teams each and allowing all teams to have a more balanced schedule. (MLB required the Astros to accept this move as a condition of approving their sale to Jim Crane.) Because each league will have an odd number of teams, interleague play will occur throughout the season, so that every team will be able to play every day.
The two leagues were once separate, rival corporate entities, but that distinction has all but disappeared. In 1903, the two leagues began to meet in an end-of-year championship series called the World Series. In 1920, the weak National Commission, which had been created to manage relationships between the two leagues, was replaced with the much more powerful Commissioner of Basaball, who had the power to make decisions for all of professional baseball unilaterally. In 2000, the American and National Leagues were dissolved as legal entities, and Major League Baseball became a single, overall "league" de jure (albeit with two components called "leagues"), although it had operated as a de facto single entity for many years.
The same rules and regulations are used in both leagues, with one exception: the American League operates under the Designated Hitter Rule, while the National League does not. This difference in rules between leagues is unique to MLB; the other sports leagues of the US and Canada—including the National Basketball Association, National Football League, and National Hockey League—have one set of rules for all teams.