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Has Derek Jeter changed baseball?
Yes, Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees hit his 3,000 ball on July 9, 2011. He is the 28th player in the history of baseball to accomplish the feat. He is also the only Yankee to have accomplished it, and the second player ever to do it with a home run.
Where do you find sculptures of great baseball players?
Most ball parks have sculptures outside the stadium.
What American league parks are named after their teams?
Four stadiums bear the name of their teams: Orioles Park Yankee Stadium Rangers Ball Park in Arlington Angeles Stadium If you want to split hairs, also; Oakland -Alameida Stadium, home of the Oakland Athletics. In the National League there are only two: Dodger Stadium and Nationals Park.
What words are inscribed on the monument to Lou Gehrig in Yankee Stadium?
It reads: Henry Louis Gehrig June 19th 1903 - June 2nd 1941 A man, a gentleman and a great ball player whose amazing record of 2130 consecutive games should stand for all time. This memorial is a tribute from the Yankee players to their beloved captain and team mate. July the Fourth 1941
How many times did mickey mantle bunt?
Mickey mantle Struck out 1710 times in 8102 at bats. If you ever seen mantle swing a bat you would understand why he struck out so much. Swinging the bat with intent to do harm to the baseball, he hit some of the longest home runs in baseball history. Somebody once asked Mickey Mantle if he ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. He replied, "Sure, every time." On September 10, 1960, he hit a ball that cleared the right field roof at Tiger Stadium in Detroit that was estimated years after to have traveled 643 feet. Another Mickey Mantle homer at Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, was measured to have traveled 565 feet. One of his most famous home runs came inches away from clearing the Yankee Stadium facade to be the only hitter to hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium. The Ball was still traveling up when it hit.
