Hitting Dingers

  When did the hot dog become the staple food for baseball?     Have you ever attended a baseball game and suddenly ask yourself, why do they do this? The tradition of the 7th inning stretch or singing "Take me out to a ball game". What are the stories behind this odd traditions. The question today is when did the hot dog become food for baseball?     We will have to travel back to the 1880s when baseball started to become a organized sport for people to enjoy. The root origin can be traced back to a German immigrant Chris Von Der Ahe. Chris owned the St. Louis Browns baseball team and started to sell his frankfurters at his games. The hot dog itself has roots from the German sausage traditions.      While Chris Von Der Ahe was the first to sell the hot dogs at baseball games. It was Harry Stevens' a British immigrant was able network concession stands selling hot dogs to ballparks across the country.      Prior to concession where ...

  Baseball has a language of its own. There are basic terms and there are phrases that can keep you totally clueless. We are going to touch on least common terms and phrases. Lets play ball! ACE - Typically refers to a team's No. 1 pitcher or a elite level pitcher.    Balk - A legal movement on the mound by the pitcher. The umpire rewards the runner with advancement to the next base. Around the horn - A play that starts with the third basemen to the second basemen then to first base. Phrase "Back door slider" - A breaking pitch that appears to be out of the strike zone but then breaks over the plate. Phrase "Bean Ball" - A pitch thrown at the hitter's head. An illegal pitch usually resulting in an ejection.  Boot - An error by a fielder when instead of collecting the ball, the fielder kicks it away with their actual foot or part of their glove. Phrase "Brush back pitch" - a pitch thrown "inside" to a hitter, because the hitter is close to...

   Have you ever heard the term "balk" watching baseball? It is one of the most confusing rule in the game. Baseball is a know to be filled with technicalities and rules that can be challenging to understand. That such rule is a "Balk".  What is a Balk? A balk is termed a illegal pitch that is called by the umpire at all levels of the game. A balk is commonly called with one or more runners on base and a illegal movement by the pitcher is made. While it is a single rule with multiple different illegal movement to draw a balking call.  Types of Balks  The pitcher makes his natural pitching motion but fails to pitch home.  The pitcher feints a throw to 1st base, while touching the rubber, but fails to make the throw. The pitcher fails to step directly towards a base before throwing to that base. Note that you cannot throw then step.  The pitcher throws or fake throws to a unoccupied base, except for the purpose of making a play.  The pitcher makes a...