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• The Value of Professional Sports Trophies (infographic)

  In infographic, Sports, Video Games / 18 June 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Each professional sports championship trophy is priceless from a historical and sentimental value standpoint. but what about weight in melted down value. All of the trophies, with exception to Lord Stanley’s Cup were created in the late ’60s early ’70s, welded together in the fires of Mordor. We’ll maybe not, but each holds significant meaning to each sport and are cherished like relics of ancient times. Side note; Each ring around the Stanley Cup is engraved with the names of each player and coach of it’s winner and when there is not more room, the oldest ring is removed and retired at the Hockey Hall of Fame, to bring in a new era of champions.

• MLB Rivalry Week in Social Media (Infographic)

  In Baseball, infographic, Sports / 6 June 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Last week the MLB held it’s Rivalry Week around the country bringing out the most competitive nature… in fans. From the Battle of the Bay to the Subway Series, we take a look at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts. The results and surprisingly skewed heavily toward one team in every instance.

• Babe Ruth’s Home Runs in Perspective (Infographic)

  In Baseball, Sports / 3 June 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Babe Ruth’s home run numbers compared to the players of today are impressive. Compared to his peers they are basically unfathomable. An attempt to put them in perspective. In 1920 The Sultan of Swat hit more home runs than every team in the league except the Phillies and in 1921 hit more than the second and third leaders on the list combined.

• High School & College Scouting Reports For 28 MLB Greats

  In Baseball / 7 May 2013 / 0 comments

  

  MLB scouts have a tough job. Each year they check out thousands of talented baseball players and have to make a snap judgement on whether or not their team should spend millions of dollars draft the player. Then, when the draft takes place and literally hundreds of players are drafted only a fraction will ever make a MLB club and from that small pool only a fraction will become MLB all-stars.

• Beer Prices For Every MLB Stadium [Infographic]

  In Baseball / 19 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

• View From The Mound: Bullpen Videos Of MLB’s Top Pitchers

  In Baseball, Sports / 17 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

  We’ve scoured YouTube for videos of top pitching talent warming up in the bullpen. To make our final list the video must be shot behind the pitchers throwing arm and be HD quality. This helped us weed hundreds of YouTube videos down to the following collection ranging from CY Young winners to top up-and-coming talent. 

• 8 Bit MLB Uniforms [Infographic]

  In Baseball, Sports / 16 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

• Your First Look At The Proposed Changes To America’s Most Historic Sports Venue

  In Baseball / 9 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

  The most historic venue is all of American sports is about the undergo a major overhaul that will bring it up to speed with the 21st century without taking away from any of the character we’ve come to know and love. The $300 million renovation plan for Wrigley Field is still waiting for approval from the city but it would include a better clubhouse and facilities for the players, a Jumbotron video scoreboard and more night games.

• Take Me Out To The Beer Game

  In Beer / 2 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Long gone are the days of peanuts and crackerjacks at the ballgames. Today’s fans have moved beyond this bygone soundtrack and have caught up with the rest of the country’s obsession with the craft beer movement. Yes, getting a beer in any stadium is probably going to cost you no less than your first born, but the options are no longer limited to the mass produced swill that has plagued the American brewfront since before the 21st Amendment was passed. Here in the Big Apple, we are no stranger to either. Although it is only recently we are starting to see the merger of baseball and craft beer to an acceptable level for some beer geeks. With local heroes like Brooklyn Brewery showing up in both of New York’s MLB stadiums, Citi Field goes beyond, sticking with the flagship lager and a few popular bottles, as an option. In fact, a day at the Queens ballpark will turn up no less than five varieties of Brooklyn Brewery beers, as well as brews from Long Island’s Blue Point. While local and true craft options may be a bit lacking, you can still find options from from breweries who may be owned more »

• Insiders Look At MLB Opening Day 2013 [48 HQ Photos]

  In Baseball / 2 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

• Why 100 MPH Pitchers Are The New Normal For MLB [Infographic]

  In Baseball / 29 March 2013 / 0 comments

  

  As Major League Baseball prepares to open its season Sunday, high-octane pitching is dominating the game as never before. One day it’s the Cincinnati Reds’ Aroldis Chapman, the”Cuban Missile,” firing 103-mile-per-hour fastballs out of the bullpen. The next, starters like the Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg and the Tampa Bay Rays’ David Price are clocking triple digits deep into games when they should be tiring. In 2003, there was only one pitcher who threw at least 25 pitches 100 mph or faster. In 2012, there were seven. A growing number of fastball pitchers are throwing at speeds reached by only a handful of hurlers a decade ago. This infographic explains why the velocity revolution hit warp speed, and what it means for baseball.

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  Watch: An Extremely Nervous Ichiro Meets Michael Jordan in 1995

  In Baseball, Basketball, Sports / 5 March 2013 / 0 comments

  Here is grainy footage of a young 22-year-old Ichiro Suzuki getting some face time with Michael Jordan. Go ahead and drink in the combined greatness and combined awful fashion.

• An Insider’s Look At MLB Spring Training – American League: Week 3 [23 HQ Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 4 March 2013 / 0 comments

  

  We are now less than a month until MLB Opening Day! Hopefully you’ve been following all the spring training action to prepare for your upcoming fantasy draft. If you can’t make it down south to see all the baseball action in person we’ve got 23 high quality behind the scenes photos from the American League’s spring training facilities. On Wednesday we will check in on the National League.

• The 27 Strangest Team Logos in Minor League Baseball

  In Baseball / 28 February 2013 / 0 comments

  

  With MLB Spring Training underway there are hundreds of baseball players trying to make the cut. Most will not make the big league club and they’ll be sent to a minor league affiliate, many of which have pretty strange team names and logos. Here is a look at some of the most bizarre.

• 12 MLB Stars Who May Look A Bit Different This Season

  In Baseball / 27 February 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Between newly inked tattoos, changing hairstyles and the addition (or subtraction) of facial hair several of MLB’s biggest stars might look a little different this spring.

• 8 MLB Greats Created Out of LEGOS

  In Baseball / 26 February 2013 / 0 comments

  

  flipflopflyball has an awesome ongoing photo series featuring Major League Baseball greats created out of LEGOS. We’ve pulled together some of the best but make sure you follow their Tumblr blog to see all the latest updates.

• An Aerial View Of All 30 MLB Stadiums

  In Baseball / 8 January 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Only 40 days until MLB Spring Training! Let’s take a look at MLB stadiums from the air.

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  5 GIFs that prove Mike Trout should have won the Gold Glove

  In Uncategorized / 1 November 2012 / 0 comments

  Mike Trout didn’t win the Gold Glove. He should have. I assume it’s because some managers felt a rookie didn’t deserve it. A rookie wasn’t worthy of such a high accolade. They’re wrong. The highlight reel doesn’t always tell the whole story but in the case of Mike Trout, it tells us enough. It tells us that this guy is capable of things other guys at his position aren’t. Let’s take a look at some of his best catches of 2012.

• The profitablility of the Top 4 World Series Contenders

  In Baseball, infographic, Sports / 28 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  We know the answer to this question before it’s even asked, but with 4 teams from 4 major U.S. cities in the running, lets see how each team stacks up against the infamous Yankees. For the average value of a sport to increase 16% in a year, someone is doing something right. Lets check out where the numbers are.  

• The MLB Teams According To “Americaness”

  In Baseball / 10 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  We love ranking things. Especially when it comes to sports. We’ve already shown you which NFL team is the most American so now with baseball playoffs in midswing it’s time to give MLB teams the treatment.  Which team bleeds the red, white and blue more than any other? Time to find out. Our brilliant DC contributor Rory, the creator of Mr. America Head, has devised an algorythm for ranking the Americaness of MLB teams. It’s pretty simple, yet highly effective.

• The 26 Most Incredible Moments From The 2012 MLB Regular Season

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 4 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  2012 was one of the most memorable seasons in recent MLB history. It was the year of the pitcher but there were also several incredible hitting performances as well. We went through the archives and pulled together the most impressive highlights from the regular season to gear up for playoff action. If you think we missed anything let us know about it on Twitter @RSVLTS.

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  Tom Verducci Reveals His Baseball Awards Voting Ballot

  In Baseball / 2 October 2012 / 0 comments

  Miguel Cabrera gets the nod over Mike Trout for American League MVP honors. AL Cy Young vote is for David Price but Justin Verlander has a strong case, Buster Posey, R.A. Dickey and Bryce Harper are NL player award winners.

• The Week In MLB [16 High Resolution Photos]

  In Baseball, Sports, Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List / 23 July 2012 / 0 comments

  

  It was a big week for Major League Baseball. The 2012 Hall of Fame class was inducted, there were some amazing pitching performances led by a one-hitter from Edinson Volquez and several celebrities stopped by ballparks across America to watch their favorite teams play. We also posted the latest edition of our MLB Ballparks in Panorama shot using the HTC Titan II so check that out and keep following along as we post Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List content.

• Highlights From The First Half The 2012 MLB Season [16 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Sports, Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List / 9 July 2012 / 1 comment

  

  The first half of the MLB season is over already? That went fast! We are in Kansas City for the second to last stop of our Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List journey eagerly awaiting the home run derby and All-Star game and go  to talking about the biggest baseball stories and highlights of the year so far. 2012 is clearly the year of the pitcher but there are also several hitting stars who are having their way with the league including a new class of rookies that will be baseball heros for decades to come. With All-Star break here we take a look back at the biggest news stories of the year to date.

• 6 Of MLB’s Top Ballparks In Panorama [25 High Quality Photos]

  In Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List / 3 July 2012 / 11 comments

  

  We are about half way through our Baseball Bucket List tour. Throughout the trip we’ve been snapping some nifty panorama photos of baseball stadiums all across America using the HTC Titan II. The pictures have come out incredibly well and we decided to pull together some of the best shots for you to enjoy. These picture make great Facebook Timeline pictures, see what we’ve done to our page here.  If you’re interested in making one of the photos below your timeline just simply crop to  851X315 pixels and upload. Keep checking back as next week we’ll post another batch of panorama photos from Dodger Stadium, Ballpark at Arlington, Anaheim Stadium, the All-Star Game at Kauffman and Seattle’s Safeco Field. 

• Scenes From Interleague Play Around MLB [30 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List / 25 June 2012 / 1 comment

  

  This past weekend American and National League teams faced off for interleague play action. A key game was the Yankees vs Mets Subway series face off at Citi Field. We kicked off our Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List tour on Saturday night at Citi Field with some friends, more on that soon. Did you see our panorama photos of Citi Field? Amazing! Keep following along on The Roosevelts or on Twitter, #WPbaseball. This week Jonathan Papelbon blew a save and paid teammate Jim Thome $5,000 to hit a walk off, game winning homerun. Kevin Youkilis was traded to the White Sxo and left the team in epic fashion and the Yankees stopped R.A. Dickey’s hot streak in it’s tracks. Here is the past week in baseball in all it’s high quality glory, including a few photos we shot ourselves using the HTC Titan II, can you tell which ones we shot? Read on…

• What If The BCS Was Used In The Major League Baseball?

  In Baseball, Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List / 18 June 2012 / 1 comment

  

    The Roosevelts recently demonstrated how poorly the BCS system would have fared in selecting the Super Bowl participants over the past decade.  Today we look at Major League Baseball, and discover the system does considerably worse in determining the participants in the World Series. We again uses ESPN’s Power Rankings as our BCS substitute, and select the highest rated team at the end of the regular season from the American and National Leagues.  The highlights and full results from the past 10 years are below.

• MLB Auctioning Off Pink Mother’s Day Game Used Equipment For Chairty

  In Baseball / 4 June 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Remember back on May 4th when we posted a photo set of MLB player’s using pink equipment for Mother’s Day? Well, for the low, low price of $2,500 you can own Bryce Harper’s pink bat that he used. Bryce’s bat is the most expensive of nearly 100 items up for auction on MLB.com with proceeds going to help “Think Pink.” Start bidding now

• Memorial Day Around Major League Baseball [20 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 29 May 2012 / 0 comments

  

  This weekend Memorial Day was celebrated across Major League Baseball. There were fireworks, service men and women got to visit the field before games, in some cases they sang the National Anthem or threw out the first pitch and in one instance a family was reunited on the field during the 5th inning of the Braves game.

• Bryce Harper’s First Weekend In “The Show” [9 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 30 April 2012 / 1 comment

  

  There has been much discussion on Bryce Harper, the 19-year-old phenom who make his major league debut this past weekend in Los Angeles against the Dodgers (see: 34 Bryce Harper Facts You Probably Didn’t Know). His Saturday night coming out party was spoiled by a 10th inning Matt Kemp walk-off and the Nationals were swept by the superior west coast foes. Even with the losses Washington should be excited because that have one of the best young teams in baseball led by their up-and-coming star Bryce Harper who went 2 for 6 at the plate and flashed some serious leather in the outfield. [9 photos]

• Photo Of The Day: Jamie Moyer Goes Through His Delivery

  In Baseball, Photo Of The Day / 21 April 2012 / 1 comment

  

  On Tuesday 49-year-old Jamie Moyer turned in the best pitching performance of the year for the Rockies letting up only 6 hits and 0 earned runs over 7 innings and in the process became the oldest pitcher to win a game in Major League Baseball history. On Sunday Moyer starts for the Rockies against Milwaukee with hopes of breaking his own record.  Today’s Photo of the Day features Moyer as he goes through his delivery during Tuesday night’s historic win.

• MLB Week 1 (50 HQ Photos)

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 12 April 2012 / 0 comments

  

  The 2012 MLB season kicked off this week with opening day pageantry and a few walk offs. MVP candidates are beginning to emerge while some stars have yet to hit their stride. At 49, Jamie Moyer got into a pitchers duel with 22-year-old Madison Bumgarner, the largest age gap between pitchers since ’65. Tim Lincecum struggled at Coors Field in the shortest outing of his career. Nick Swisher’s extra innings homer helped seal the sweep of the O’s. It was an exciting week in baseball and here are the top high quality photos of the week.

• Inside MLB’s Opening Series in Japan [45 High Resolution Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 28 March 2012 / 0 comments

  

  After five weeks of insider photos from MLB Spring Training baseball is finally here. The 2012 season kicked off in Japan early this morning when the Oakland Athletics took on the Seattle Mariners at the Tokyo Dome in front of 44,000 fans. The game went 11 innings with Dustin Ackley driving in the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning. Fan favorite Ichiro Suzuki went 4 for 5, while picking up the first hit of the MLB season as the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1. The game itself was just one part of the trip as players took time to meet with Earthquake/Tsunami victims. Mariners players also stopped by the United States air force base and took a adrenaline filled helicopter ride over Japan. Here are insider photos from MLB’s opening day in Japan. Good luck with your fantasy drafts this week!

• Two MLB Legends Met Way Back In 1996 [Photo]

  In Baseball / 27 March 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Major League Baseball opens its season in Japan tonight: Oakland vs. Seattle. Here is a little throwback of Dodgers’ catcher Mike Piazza, as a member of Major League all-star team, shaking hands with Orix BlueWaves’ Ichiro Suzuki, highly regarded as Japan’s best hitter, at the Tokyo Dome in 1996.

• 11 Days Until MLB Opening Day

  In Baseball / 24 March 2012 / 0 comments

  

  If this doesn’t get you pumped nothing will.