Professional baseball makes a lot of money. The average Major League Baseball team is worth $17.8 billion, and the MLB made over $10 billion in 2018 alone. With this kind of revenue, you’d think that players throughout all levels of professional baseball get paid fairly well. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong.   While those in the […]

A professional umpire career for Minor League and Major League Baseball is challenging and rewarding. Umpiring has been in the game of baseball since the beginning of time and controls the flow of the game. If you enjoy making quick decisions, having confidence in yourself, and more, umpiring may be for you. Here is what […]

Football franchises live or die by the support of their fans. When your fanbase waivers, the team may falter. A lot of folks may stop being so enthusiastic about their chosen football team the more poorly they do. With a few exceptions, that is. Such is the case for the Buffalo Bills.   Buffalo hasn’t […]

Everything You Wanted to Know About Baseball Rubbing Mud When you review baseball regulations, would you be surprised to learn that it’s required that all balls be properly “mudded” before each game? It’s true. According to Wikipedia, “Before all major- and minor-league baseball games, an umpire or clubhouse attendant rubs six dozen or more balls […]

It may just be your very first baseball memory. A parent or someone you look up to hands you a glove and tells you that this is yours now. But first, you have to break it in. But what does it mean to “break in” a baseball glove? What do you have to do? How […]

When watching a baseball game, you may notice some baseball players wearing gold chains around their neck during games. You may be wondering why do baseball players wear big gold chains around their necks on the baseball field. You might also wonder if other sports players in the NFL, NBA, or NHL can also wear […]

Have you ever wondered why doesn’t MLB use aluminum bats to hit? If you played little league baseball growing up, you probably had an aluminum bat to hit baseball during games. Why is it that metal bats are not in the MLB, but instead, professional players use wooden bats to hit? To find out this […]

What might seem weird and disgusting to some people is that baseball players sometimes pee on their hands to improve their gameplay. Pee on their hands you say, gross! Well it turns out that peeing on your hands can reduce blisters from forming, which is critical in baseball.  Here is the breakdown on what urine […]

You may notice black paint or black stickers under an athletes’ eyes during sports games. Most commonly football players, MLB, softball, and lacrosse players rock this eye black look for matches. While the black under the eyes looks cool, you may be surprised that there is a functional reason to use this for games according […]

Lambeau Field is home to the NFL team, Green Back Packers. The location of the Pro Football venue is out in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, and is known as the Frozen Tundra to many. Being out in Wisconsin, cold weather games are standard for the home team. Four of the coldest NFL games have […]