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The earliest photographic evidence of a baseball uniform number dates back to 1909. In an issue of the Chicago Daily News, star pitcher José Méndez, then playing for the Cuban Stars, a traveling Negro league baseball team of the early 1900s, is seen wearing the number 12 on his left sleeve. [5]
The sound of the bat hitting the ball. The term is used in baseball to mean "immediately, without hesitation". For example, a baserunner may start running "on the crack of the bat", as opposed to waiting to see where the ball goes. Outfielders often use the sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit.
Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility.Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the four years of academic classes typically required to earn a bachelor's degree at an American college or university.
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Arkansas State University: Women's soccer, football: April 18, 2025 [3] Florida International University: Softball, women's soccer: June 29, 2025 [4] [a] Northwestern University: Baseball: July 1, 2025 [5] Baylor University: Football: August 10, 2025 [6] University of Oklahoma: Football, track & field: August 26, 2025 [7] University of ...
A player who is designated for assignment is immediately removed from the team's 40-man roster, after which the team must, within seven days, [a] return the player to the 40-man roster, place the player on waivers, trade the player, release the player, or "send outright" the player from the 40-man roster into Minor League Baseball. [3]
The common way of referring to Major League Baseball as “The Show” stretched from an entity to a descriptor over time, helped along by the existence of the video game “MLB: The Show.”
Georgia baseball was bounced from the SEC Tournament Tuesday by LSU 9-1.. The quick exit in the game that started at 9:33 a.m. local time in Hoover, Ala., certainly didn’t help Georgia’s ...