Baseball——送给爱好棒球和即将爱好的朋友

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BP（英国石油）是世界上最大的石油和石油化工集团公司之一。
公司的主要业务是油气勘探开发；炼油；天然气销售和发电；油品零售和运输；以及石油化工产品生产和销售。

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小熊与白袜跨联盟赛争做风城王者
首届芝城杯职棒大赛定案

2010年 4月

自1997年大联盟引进跨联盟比赛至今，许多大城市的同城大战已成为每年必演的戏码；而自今年起，芝加哥2支球队─小熊队（Cubs）与白袜队（White Sox）更将争取首届芝城杯（The BP Crosstown Cup，暂译）头衔。



拥有2支大联盟美联与国联球队的城市，除芝加哥外还有纽约（洋基Uankees、大都会Mets）与洛杉矶（天使Angels、道奇Dodgers），但论及球队历史，芝加哥2支老牌球队明显比下纽约与洛杉矶。


由于BP石油公司同为小熊与白袜的赞助厂商，在其推动下，小熊队主席里克特（Tom Ricketts）、教头皮尼耶拉（Lou Piniella），以及白袜球员贝克汉姆（Gordon Beckham）、皮尔辛斯基（AJ Pierzynski）在千禧年公园的会面中进行讨论，芝城杯就此诞生。


接着小熊队与白袜队同时宣布这项消息，「赛制」也很简单，未来每年双方所进行的6场跨联盟比赛，由拿下最多胜者夺杯；若打成平手，奖杯则落在最后一个系列赛的胜方身上。


小熊与白袜的首个跨联盟系列赛，将于6月11至13日假小熊队主场「瑞格里球场」（Wrigley Field）开打，6月25至27日则在白袜队队主场「美国手机球场」（US Cellular Field）举行。 胜者将成为首届芝加哥王者。


在球队争取荣誉的同时，BP石油公司市场公关主任巴特曼（Linda Bartman）也宣布将有诸多好礼回馈给球迷：如成为白袜或小熊主场比赛的开球嘉宾、参加贵宾独有的打击练习机会、亲笔签名纪念品以及总值超过6万美元的BP礼品卡。


不过，由于BP石油公司的赞助合约目前只到2012年，届时会不会继续赞助、或是由其他厂商接手、甚至芝城杯几年后就宣告夭折，则不得而知。

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2010年4月20日晚间10点，位于墨西哥湾的深水地平线钻井平台发生爆炸，11名井上人员死亡。

这个钻井平台由BP从Transocean公司租赁而来，BP石油不久前刚将租赁日期延长至2013年9月。

爆炸发生后，平台所在的Macondo油井所出现的三个漏油点持续向外泄漏原油，据估计，每天约有相当于5000桶的原油流进海洋。

截止5月10日，已经有约350万加仑原油泄漏进了海洋。这些原油向海滩蔓延，已经威胁到了路易斯安那州南部沿岸占全美40%面积的湿地。如果油井不能被及时封堵，这些泄漏出的原油将会借助墨西哥湾回旋洋流的力量污染佛罗里达州沿岸，直至东海岸。

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奥巴马（Obama） 是 芝加哥 白袜（White Sox）球迷。




但是，Obama非常恨BP。
因为，他女儿问他，他堵上（BP漏油的）洞没有？
而奥巴马堵不上。。。
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May 28 ，2010
BARACK Obama saw the damage caused by the BP oil spill yesterday - and told how his daughter asked: "Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?"
The US President revealed the plea by Malia, 11, as BP reported some success in blocking the leak.

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Chicago's Baseball (BP Crosstown) Cup Runneth Over

04.28.2010

First Toyota, now BP.  Call me a purist, but I'm getting tired of these advertisers honing in on our baseball territory.




Earlier this week, it was announced that the annual Cubs-White Sox Crosstown Series will now be known as the BP Crosstown Cup. The Cup will be awarded each year to the winner of the six-game series between the two clubs, and in case of a 3-3 tie, the Cup goes to the winner of the sixth game.

Like Chicago baseball fans needed a Cup to intensify this rivalry.  

Will the addition of a tangible trophy make fans more excited to watch this series? Probably not, seeing it's already the hottest ticket--and one of the most expensive regular season tickets--in town for both teams and their fans each season. The games are usually sellouts, leaving desperate fans to turn to their friendly neighborhood scalper. Fans are always wiling to pay a bloated fare to ride the crazy train and get in on the revelry. After all, you can't put a price on trash-talking the other team's fans in person, especially if you share the same zip code.  


Even the players and coaches have a history of helping to heat up the rivalry. Who can forget the 2006 collision at the plate which ended in Cubs catcher Michael Barrett punching A.J. Pierzynski in the jaw? If you forgot, here's a fabulous photo galleryrecalling the moment.

Pierzynski was one of two White Sox players present at Monday's announcement. While watching clips from the press conference, I couldn't help but wonder if the players and coaches were pretending to put on a nice act (and pretending to actually care about the Crosstown Cup) for the sake of their new sponsor. Especially the always-outspoken White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen, who isn't shy about expressing his feelings towards Wrigley Field every year (perhaps he was rolling his eyes underneath his sunglasses):

"But one thing about Wrigley Field, I puke every time I go there," he was quoted in the Chicago Tribune as saying before last year's series with the Cubs.

No wonder BP wanted in on the action.  

I hate the fact that America's Favorite Pastime is becoming increasingly covered in advertisements.  But I understand the way business works, and in this economy, who would say no to a sponsorship? I just wish that the official bragging rights of this local baseball competition went to a local company rather than to British Petroleum (BP will be the presenting sponsor of the Crosstown Cup through 2012).      

While the new BP Crosstown Cup didn't make an appearance at the press conference, fans won't have to wait too much longer for it.  The series kicks off at Wrigley Field from June 11-13 and concludes on the South Side at U.S. Cellular Field from June 25-27.  The all-time record between the two Chicago clubs tips in the White Sox favor, 37-35.  The Sox won the 2009 Crosstown Classic 4-2.

Ready, Set, Brawl!  I mean...Play Ball!

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小熊队（Cubs）与白袜队（White Sox）

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小熊队（Cubs）与白袜队（White Sox）

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前些天新加坡的也石油泄漏了。。。。sigh>..

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前些天新加坡的也石油泄漏了。。。。sigh>..
geozb 发表于 2010-5-29 15:22

很好。

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小熊队（Cubs）与白袜队（White Sox）




Who Has Hotter Fans?

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棒球小常识：四縫線快速球（four-seam fastball）

四縫線快速球是通常在投手要取得球數上的領先，或者是要取得一個好球數的時候所使用的球路。這種快速球就是需要非常直的行進路線，盡量避免各種偏斜。這種球路通常也是一個投手球能投出最快速度的球路，速度因人而異，最高記錄落在102-104英哩這個範圍裡。


握球時食指與中指跨過縫線最寬的地方可以投出最直線的球路，而因為從球的表面來看每旋轉一圈有四條縫線，所以稱之為四縫線快速球（four-seam fastball）。

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棒球小常識： 投手（Pitcher）

投手（Pitcher，通常簡寫成P）是職業棒球比賽中，防守方負責投球提供進攻方打擊手打擊的球員，通常被視為主宰比賽勝負的靈魂人物。

基本上只要不違反投手規則，可採用任何一種姿勢來作投球。

在比賽過程作為防守紀錄時，通常以數字1來代表投手這個守備位置。



下圖就簡單說明一下守備位置：
(1)投手(2)捕手(3)一壘手(4)二壘手(5)三壘手(6)游擊手(7)左外野手(8)中間手(9)右外野手


投手類型
左投、右投、左右並投

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赞奇妙的棒球:)

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赞奇妙的棒球:)
Spectoria 发表于 2010-5-30 14:28

还很刺激。
比如：
昨天，一个投手（David Huff ）被球爆头了。。。

Indians' Huff hit in head by line drive
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Pitcher lay still for several minutes before giving thumbs up as he was taken off

Cleveland Indians pitcher David Huff was hit above the left ear by Alex Rodriguez's line drive and taken off the field on a cart Saturday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

Huff was face down on the mound for six minutes and gave a thumbs-up sign to the crowd as he carted off the field. He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where a CT scan was negative.

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小时候看《西游记》你是否也有这些疑问（ZT）