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in High School Sports
Munster Softball Claims
Sectional
RailCats Hot Start
Baseball in Film
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As the high school season winds
down, it is quite a shift for us looking back
to the previous year, taking a bit of a break
on the broadcast side, and start looking
ahead to next year. It is also a time when
pro sports begin to take the forefront as the
NBA and NHL playoffs continue and base-
ball season is in full swing.
This issue contains some of that theme
looking back on the softball tournament, at
the start of the RailCats season and the
growth of Twitter as a medium to promote
high school sports.
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Inside this issue: Athletes of the Month 6
Instant Communications Changing the HS Sports Landscape 8
Baseball Fielding Tips: How to Fix Throwing Problems! 14
Munster Softball Takes Sectional Title 16
Gary SouthShore RailCats off to a Strong Start 20
Baseball in Film 26
Blackhawks Trivia 36
Did You Know? 36
June Broadcast Schedule 37
P. 8
P. 20
P. 16
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Chelsie Meeks Rensselaer Central
Meeks came in sec-ond in the shot put in the girls track and field state champion-ships, the highest of any North-west Indiana finisher.
Stephanie Upton Portage
Portage's Stephanie Upton had the Triple to tie the game vs Hobart at 5 in the 4A Sectional Championship. And Jalise McKnight had the Game Winning RBI Infield Single in a 6-5 4A Sectional Championship Victory over Hobart. The Tribe also upset Crown Point earlier in the week.
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As a child and into my adulthood, I would be awaiting the Saturday
Paper to read about your favorite HS Sports team. Or maybe listening to a
scoreboard show locally or even statewide, as we have seen with Bob
Lovell. But now the rules of the game have changed with Twitter and
Facebook making communication with ease and with lightning speed. To-
day, I may know most of the area’s football scores by around 10pm, with-
out ever turning on a radio or staying up for a scoreboard show. Advertis-
ers too have went away from print media. With internet radio and video
soaring higher and higher. Hey by the way, around 12 years ago groups
started doing internet radio and it has changed the landscape forever for
HS Sports.
By: Andy Wielgus, MAB Monthly Staff Writer
Instant Communication Changing the HS Sports Landscape
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The top down effect of all of this has
been a deluge of information from media,
schools, athletes, fans, and coaches going out
on Twitter and Facebook. Is this a good thing?
Yes and No. Accuracy and the always who ca-
res argument, of who broke the story first to
feed my ego is out there for sure. But the posi-
tive is the instant communication to everyone
who is interested in the topic or score that you
are tweeting.
Website development for local HS
Sports is another offshoot of this instant com-
munication phase. Different websites bring
different milieus of information and of course
it is an advertising venue as well. Schools are
developing there own brand of broadcasting
and student groups that are becoming more
predominant every year in HS Sports. An ex-
ample of this is Pow Wow Radio at Portage
HS with Brandon Vickrey and Collin Czilli.
The NFL Draft has now developed into
other major sports having draft shows and
combines that are now being telecasted. In the
same vein, College Recruiting is now being
mainstreamed into athletes having Twitter Ac-
counts, telling everyone where and when they
are going to visit a college and what AAU
tournament they are playing with and against
whom. This would have been unthinkable a
decade ago. The story of Damon Bailey being
recruited as an 8th grader was big with Bobby
Knight, but the technological changes have in
reality changed the lives of HS Athletes more,
with not only phone calls but tweets on re-
cruiting as well, to the point it is hard for a 15-
17 yr old star athlete to just be a regular stu-
dent-athlete in my view today.
Finally, individuals lives have changed
significantly in my view, as the information
highway continues to churn out information
for all stakeholders to the point that there are
some sites that you can follow a HS Baseball
game pitch for pitch. That is remarkable and
I was discussing this with a HS Fan and par-
ent and he agreed at a recent track meet at
Michigan City HS.
Here are some Calumet Region and Indi-
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schools with Twitter Feeds that you might
be interested in to get updates.
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CP Athletics,
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CP Boys Soccer
LC Boys Hoops
Lowell Athletics
LC Athletics
LC Football
LC Indians Baseball
Gavit Athletics
SC Girls Basketball,
West Side Football
PHS Athletics- Plymouth
Ben Davis Giants
Snider Football,
Bowman Athletics
Lincoln Alices
WC Football – Warren Central
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Portage Football
Pioneer Athletics,
Castle HS Athletics
Anderson Indians
Hobart Football
Floyd Central Sports
Tecumseh Athletics
JHS Devils
Highland Boys Bball
Artesian Athletics
Snider Basketball
Brebeuf Basketball
TH North Football
Oak Hill Athletics
Westview Basketball
Whitko Athletics,
Athletics@northview
Boonville Pioneers
DHS Athletics- DeKalb
Elwood Athletics
Pike Athletics
Scottsburg Hoops
New Palestine GBB
Edinburgh Basketball
Mt. Vernon Athletics
Greenwood Baseball
Delphi Athletics
SV Wildcat Athletics
Greenwood Basketball
Caston Athletics
Triton Basketball
Dekalb Basketball
NH Bulldogs Football
TH North Football
New Castle Trojans
Woodmen Football
Woodmen Strength
EH Hoops- Eastern Hancock
NMHS Athletics- North Montgomery
NM Athletics- North Miami
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Rambler Athletics – Attica
Southern Wells HS
Manchester AD
LCHS Softball
West Vigo Vikings
HN Athletics – Hun North
FHS Tigers Athletics
Frankfort Athletics
Homestead Spartans
Marion Athletics
MC Caravan Baseball- Mt. Carmel
Seymour Athletics
Bluffton Athletics
Avon Oriole Athletics
Tech Athletics
Plainfield Athletics
Olympian Athletics- Col. East
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Danville Athletics
Tiger Sports- Warsaw
Western AD
THS Athletics- Triton
Eastern Baseball
Red Devil Basketball – Jeffersonville
Reitz Football. Com,
Lady Lions Softball – Salem
Muncie Central Baseball
CC Athletics – Cov Chr,
Fishers Baseball
Mav Baseball – Mccutcheon
Franklin Athletics
Westfield Baseball
Cathedral Football
Eastern Athletics
New Castle Baseball
Titan Athletics – Gib South,
Carmel HS Softball
Harrison Baseball
Henryville Sports
Avon Football
Shakamak Basketball
Frankton Athletics
Fishers Basketball
Avon Orioles Softball,
CHS Baseball – Carmel, Team Hornet bball –
Angola, Linton Miner Hoops,
NC Panther Baseball
DK Barons Football
Carmel Greyhounds Volleyball
New Albany Bulldogs GB
AHS Orioles Baseball – Avon
MC Golden Bears
Daleville Athletics
Kokomo Athletics
Speedway Athletics
Wabash Apaches
Southmont Athletics
Heritage Athletics- Her Christian
SHS Golden Bears
Richmond Athletics
Arabians Athletics – Pend Hts.
South Adams
Ben Davis Football
Lapel Athletics
Yorktown Athletics
Churubusco Athletics
Lebanon Tigers
Southport Athletics
BHSN Athletics – Bloom, No.
LCHS Athletics
Carroll Chargers
Cowan Blackhawks
Mt. Vernon Sports
Rushville Lions
Noblesville Athletics
Brownsburg Athletics
NC Trojan Basketball
LN Wildcats
Zionsville Basketball
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Hey, an errant throw can de-
cide the ball game. Usually, it's pretty easy to improve a
player's throwing accuracy. Sometimes baseball fielding
tips get overlooked and I never
could quite figure out why. Doesn't a poor throw that al-
lows an important run to score count just as much on the
scoreboard as a hit in a key
situation to knock in an impor-tant run? Let's look at some
common throwing problems and how you usually, they can
easily be fixed.
Throws Are Overthrown and Sailing High:
There is a very good chance that you are not raising your throwing elbow to shoul-
der height. I've witnessed this hundreds of times over the years. I was watching a
high school varsity game a couple of
years ago. The first baseman was throw-ing grounders to his infielders in between
innings. He threw them a total of eight grounders. Out of the eight throws back
to him, four of them sailed high. Guess
what? When making all four of those high throws, every one of them was because
the infielder did not raise his throwing el-bow high enough. Four throws were high
and four elbows were not raised to
shoulder height. Watch closely to replays on TV when infielders overthrow their
first baseman because the throw sailed high. In many cases, you will see the in-
fielder did not raise his elbow high
enough when making the throw. Just re-member, "Elbow too low, ball high." In
essence, the ball is being "pushed" and not actually thrown.
Another possibility for overthrowing your target is you may be releasing the ball
before your landing foot hits the ground. This will cause your release point to be
too early thus causing a high throw.
Baseball Fielding Tips: How To Fix Throw-
ing Problems!
By: Larry Cicchiello Special to MAB Monthly
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Under Throwing the Ball:
The problem is usually at your release point. If you release the ball too late,
your throw will almost definitely be too
low.
Another strong possibility is that your front shoulder is dipping down below
your throwing shoulder. If your front
shoulder dips, there is a good chance your throw will be low and short of your
target.
Whenever possible, make sure that your
shoulders stay level throughout the throwing motion.
General Erratic Throwing:
There is no substitute for spending time practicing your throwing. If you throw a
baseball every day, your throwing will improve. Just remember, every time you
throw a baseball you should aim for a
target. It's one of the simplest yet most important baseball fielding tips for im-
proving throwing. If having a catch with someone, aim for their left shoulder, then
their right shoulder, left hip, right hip,
etc. Every time you throw a baseball, aim
for something! How can this possibly
not help? It has to help and it will help.
If throwing erratically, the problem could very well be in your footwork. Not
getting their feet set up properly is a
very common problem, especially with youngsters. Their feet are not set when
they throw the ball because of their im-patience to want to throw the ball too
soon. They have no balance or founda-
tion when they throw.
Like we mentioned above, keep your shoulders level and keep them square
to your target. Make sure your front
foot is pointing to your target and your back foot lined up like you are using the
pitching rubber.
Once again, every time you throw a
baseball, aim for a target. This one very simple thing will help you out tremen-
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Munster Softball Takes Sectional Title By Trisha Madura, MAB Monthly Staff Writer
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“Hey batter, batter…swing!” The cheers
rang from the dugout during the sectional
games for the Munster Mustangs. Con-
cluding with a 24-8 season, the Varsity
Softball team was more than excited to
capture a sectional title after overcoming
some difficult games this season. Each
player accepted a role in making this team
who they had become by the end of their
season for the year.
For the first game of the sectional
tournament, the Stangs won their game
against Lake Central with a final score of
4-0. This was a big win for the Mustangs,
since these two schools are nearly always
going head-to-head in seemingly every
sport, so all of the girls were over-
whelmed with this first vic-
tory. Advancing to their sec-
ond game, Munster crushed
Morton with a final score of
12-2, advancing the Mustangs
to the sectional championship
game. Further on, Munster
claimed their title from winning their
game against Lowell with a final score of
9-4.
“We played a pretty tough schedule
right before sectionals, so we had to prac-
tice really hard,” stated Carly Murphy,
star pitcher for the Mustangs. “We also
did a spirit week [before sectionals]
where we all wore our uniforms or some-
thing kind of fun to school.” While advanc-
ing to sectionals, keeping up their spirits was
almost as important as training. “We prac-
ticed everything that we needed to work on,
such as hitting and bunting,” recalled Briana
Zunica, one of three seniors on
the Munster team this year.
While playing a tough
game, Munster lost to Portage in
their regional game with a final
score of 2-1. “I think maybe we
could have been a little less nerv-
ous,” cried Murphy. “I think we just kind of
let our nerves get to us a little bit because it
was such a big game.”
“We could have worked on hitting for
key situations because there were a couple of
times we left runners on base and could not
get them in,” Zunica stated.
After a significant end to their season,
the three seniors, Carly Murphy,
Briana Zunica, and Emma
Hodges, will be greatly missed
during the following season.
“I’ll miss all of the team bond-
ing and memories I have made
with all of the girls,” proclaimed
Zunica. “I’ve played ball with
them for such a long time.” The
seniors will miss not only their
teammates, but their fans as
well. “I think I’m going to miss
having my parents at all of my games,”
stated Murphy. “I will also miss the
friendships you make; you get so close
with almost all of the girls because you
spend so much time together.”
Munster Softball will remember
this season as setting an example for their
future years as well. After overcoming
many difficult teams this year, the tight-
knit squad was able to come out with a
great record, high standards, and much
positivity. Their hard work and team con-
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dedication to make it out well this year, as
well as motivate the returning players for a
season as successful in the upcoming years.
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Gary SouthShore
RailCats off to a
Strong Start
By Rich Sapper, MAB Montlhy Staff Writer
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Of course, this article is not about
me and my admitted affinity for a team
that I also cover for MAB. It is about the
team and their start this season. That start
has been very positive. This young season
is a welcome change to last year when the
RailCats went .500, but missed the play-
offs for the second year in a row. At
presstime the team sported a 10-5 record
and has clinched it’s 4th series win in a
row. In fact, other than the 2-2 spilt in the
opening series again the Lincoln Saltdogs,
the ‘Cats have won 2 of 3 games in home
series the the Wichita Wingnuts and Sioux
City Explorers and a road series win
against the Kansas City T Bones. Like-
wise, they won the first two games of the
El Paso Diablos series with the third game
still to be decided.
The hot start is is due, as it often is,
to the bats of long time RailCats Mike
Massaro who leads the team with a .306
batting average and Adam Klein with 13
P Alain Quijano (Left), and OFs Mike Massaro, Cristian Guerrero and Adam Klein have been key to the hot start for the Gary SouthShore RailCats
As big of a Cubs fan as I am, it never quite seems like baseball
season until the RailCats take to the diamond in May. Obviously,
this is a newer phenomenon since the team has not been around
for the entirety of my baseball fandom, but the team has become
something that I have looked forward to for the past several sea-
sons. As one of the only long-term successful minor-league fran-
chises to take hold in the Region, the RailCats seem to have be-
come ingrained in the community and in this nearly 40 year old
baseball fan.
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RBI on the young season. Cris-
tian Guerrero, a fan favorite who
returned after a year away from
the team, has made an impact as
well with his 9 RBI and is the
only RailCats with a round trip-
per so far despite a batting aver-
age below the Mendoza line.
The fourth outfield Drew Marti-
nez has been solid as well with
a .304 batting average.
The fact that the outfield
has been strong is no surprise.
Those positions have led the
team for awhile, both offensively
and defensively. What has been a
very pleasant surprise has been the Rail-
Cats pitching this season. Pitching had
been a struggle for Northwest Indiana’s
team for the past couple of seasons, but it
has become a strength, harkening back to
the days of championship squads of ‘05
and ‘07. Leading the resurgence on the
mound is Alain Quijano who is top on
US SteelYard where the RailCats are 6-4 this season.
The team is 4-1 on the road
the team with 3 wins and 16 strikeouts
with no losses and one no decision in his
first season with the RailCats. The win to-
tal already matches his total wins from
last season as a member of the Sioux City
Explorers. Rookie Ari Ronick has been
tremendous in the early going as well
with a 2-1 record, 3.00 ERA and 9
punchouts. He has not lost a decision
since the second game of the season
against Lincoln. The bullpen has also
held on to leads, led by rookie Taylor
Sewitt who has yet to give up a run
in 10.1 innings of work and second
year man Marco Gonzalez who has
2 saves on the season. Gonzalez is
one of 4 RailCats with a save on
the season in Manager Greg
Tagert’s closer by committee ap-
proach. The other pitchers with a
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save are Clay Zavada, Ian Dur-
ham, and Sewitt.
Since the season started, the
RailCats statistically, have been
stronger on the road than at home
with a 4-1 record in road games
and a 6-4 record at the US Steel
Yard. That said the team has been
solid overall, is sitting in first
place in the Central Division and
is hoping for their first sweep of
the season at press time. If the
pitching can stay strong and some
of the veteran bats can pick up,
this could be the season when the
RailCats can make their inaugural
trip to the American Association
post-season, a goal that has al-
luded them since the left the
Northern League for the American
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Baseball In Film
MAB Monthly Staff Report
*source Baseball Almanac
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Everyone seems to have their favorite base-
ball movie. Whether it is an inspirational film like
The Rookie, a historical movie like 42, a comedy
like Mr. 3000, or one of many, many classics. It
seems that baseball is not only America’s favorite
pastime, but also one of America’s favorite movie
backdrops as well. The following is a list complied
by Baseball Almanac, of every movie that had a
baseball plot, subplot or setting since 1915’s silent
film Right Off the Bat to some recent 30 for 30 spe-
cials on ESPN. Enjoy as you reminisce your favor-
ites or perhaps discover a new one along the way.
1915 Right Off The Bat
1915 Spit Ball Sadie
1916 Casey At The Bat
1916 Somewhere In Georgia
1917 The Pinch Hitter
1917 One Touch Of Nature
1919 Baseball: An Analysis of Motion
1919 The Busher
1920 Headin' Home
1921 As The World Rolls On
1923 Trifling With Honor
1924 Hit And Run
1924 Life's Greatest Game
1924 The Battling Orioles
1925 The Pinch Hitter1925
1925 Play Ball
1926 The New Klondike
1926 Out Of The West
1927 Babe Comes Home
1927 The Bush Leaguer
1927 Casey At The Bat
1927 Catch-As-Catch-Can
1927 College
1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide
1928 The Cameraman
1928 Speedy
1928 Warming Up
1929 Fast Company
1930 Hot Curves
1930 They Learned About Women
1932 Fireman, Save My Child
1933 Elmer The Great
1934 Death On The Diamond
1935 Alibi Ike
1935 Swell-Head
1936 The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell
1937 Girls Can Play
1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1938 Rawhide
Movie Posters from (left to right) 1927’s Casey at the Bat, 1950’s Kill the Umpire
and 1952’s Pride of St. Louis
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1938 Brother Rat
1942 How to Play Baseball
1942 Woman Of The Year
1942 The Pride Of The Yankees
1942 It Happened In Flatbush
1943 Ladies' Day
1943 Whistling In Brooklyn
1945 The Naughty Nineties
1946 Make Mine Music
1948 The Babe Ruth Story
1949 It Happens Every Spring
1949 The Kid From Cleveland
1949 The Stratton Story
1949 Take Me Out To The Ballgame
1950 The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 Kill The Umpire
1951 Angels In The Outfield
1951 Rhubarb
1951 On Moonlight Bay
1952 The Pride Of St. Louis
1952 The Winning Team
1953 Big Leaguer
1953 Jackie & Joe (The Jackie Robinson Story,
The History of Joe Louis)
1953 The Kid From Left Field
1954 Casey Bats Again
1954 Play Ball With the Orioles
1954 Roogie's Bump
1955 Three Stripes In The Sun
1956 The Great American Pastime
1956 I'll Buy You
1957 Fear Strikes Out
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1958 Damn Yankees
1958 The Geisha Boy
1959 Moochie of the Little League
1962 Safe At Home!
1962 That Touch Of Mink
1967 Damn Yankees
1971 The Ceremony
1971 One-Legged Ace
1973 Bang The Drum Slowly
1974 It's Good To Be Alive
1976 The Bad News Bears
1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Mo-
tor Kings
1977 The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training
1977 Just The Beginning
1977 Murder At The World Series
1978 The Bad News Bears Go To Japan
1978 A Boy Called Third Base
1978 Goodbye, Franklin High
Robert
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1984’s The
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considered one
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1978 Here Come The Tigers
1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor & Lou Gehrig
Story
1978 One In A Million : The Ron LeFlore Story
1979 Aunt Mary
1979 The Kid From Left Field
1980 It's My Turn
1980 The Comeback Kid
1981 Don't Look Back : The Story of "Satchel"
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1982 Million Dollar Infields
1982 Squeeze Play
1982 Zapped!
1983 Blue Skies Again
1983 Tiger Town
1983 Max Dugan Returns
1984 The Natural
1984 A Soldier's Story
1985 The Slugger's Wife
1985 Heck of a Year
Kevin Costner has starred in the classic baseball films Field of Dreams (1989) and Bull Durham (1988)
1985 Brewster's Millions
1985 MacArthur's Children
1985 Insignificance
1986 Chasing Dreams
1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 Winner Never Quits
1987 Long Gone
1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987 Stogies
1987 Trading Hearts
1988 Bull Durham
1988 Eight Men Out
1988 Stealing Home
1988 Naked Gun : From The Files Of Police Squad
1989 Field Of Dreams
1989 Major League
1989 Night Game
1989 There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace:
Life in the Negro Leagues
1990 Babe Ruth : Man Myth Legend
1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 Taking Care of Business
1991 Babe Ruth
1991 Pastime
1991 Talent For The Game
1991 City Slickers
1991 When It Was a Game
1992 The Babe
1992 The Comrades of Summer
1992 A League Of Their Own
1992 Mr. Baseball
1992 When It Was a Game 2
1993 The Sandlot
1993 Rookie Of The Year
1993 The Man From Left Field
1994 The Scout
1994 Angels In The Outfield
1994 Major League II
1994 Little Big League
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1995 Past The Bleachers
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1996 Ed
1996 Soul Of The Game
1996 Space Jam
1996 The Fan
1997 Joe Torre : Curveballs Along The Way
1997 Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
1998 Babe Ruth - The Life Behind the Legend
1998 Major League 3 : Back To The Minors
1998 BASEketball
1998 Simon Birch
1999 Major League Baseball All Century Team
1999 For The Love of the Game
1999 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2000 Angels in the Infield
2000 Finding Buck McHenry
2000 Frequency
2000 Greener Grass - Cuba, Baseball and the
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U.S.
2000 MLB Superstars Show You Their Game
2000 Modern Marvels - Baseball Parks (History
Channel)
2000 My Dog Skip
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2000 The Broken Hearts Club
2000 Perfect Game
2000 When It Was a Game
2000 When It Was a Game 3
2001 61*
2001 A Little Inside
2001 Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball His-
tory
2001 Hardball
2001 Summer Catch
2001 The 30 Most Memorable Moments in Base-
ball History
2001 When It Was a Game 2
2001 When It Was a Game - Triple Play Collec-
tion
2002 Air Bud - Seventh Inning Fetch
2002 Bleacher Bums
2002 The Rookie
2003 100 Years of the New York Yankees
2003 Ball of Wax
2003 Boston Red Sox - Cowboy Up! The Wild
Ride of 2003
2003 Mickey - A Family Story by John Grisham
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2003 MLB - All Access Sound
2003 The Curse of the Bambino
2003 Major League Baseball - 100 Years of the
World Series
2003 Yankee Immortals
2004 Awesome All-Star Action
2004 Baseball's Greatest Rivalries
2004 Faith Rewarded - The Historic Season of the
2004 Red Sox
2004 Hu$tle
2004 Mr. 3000
2004 Nine Innings From Ground Zero: The 2001
World Series
2004 Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino
2004 Still, We Believe - The Boston Red Sox
Movie
2004 The Winning Season
2004 This Old Cub: The Inspiring Story of Chi-
cago Legend Ron Santo
2004 Touching the Game, The Story of The Cape
Cod Baseball League
2004 Up For Grabs
2004 Yankeeography, Vol. 1
2004 Yankeeography, Vol. 2
2005 Bad News Bears
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2005 Fever Pitch
2005 Game 6
2005 History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day
Ring Ceremony
2005 Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2005 Pure Heat - Ultimate MLB Flamethrowers
2005 The Sandlot 2
2005 World Series 2005 - Chicago White Sox
2006 Here Come the Tigers
2006 The Benchwarmers
2006 Everyone's Hero
2006 MLB Vintage World Series Films - New
York Yankees 17 Championship Seasons
2006 The Cincinnati Reds 1975 World Series
Collector's Edition
2007 American Pastime
2007 Black Irish
2007 Chasin October A Fan's Crusade
2007 Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero
2007 MLB Vintage World Series Films - Cincin-
nati Reds 1975, 1976 & 1990
2007 MLB Vintage World Series Films - Detroit
Tigers 1945, 1968 & 1984
2007 New York Yankees 1977 World Series
2007 The Bronx is Burning
2007 The Final Season
2007 The Sandlot: Heading Home
2007 Yankeeography Megaset
2008 Diminished Capacity
2008 Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series
Collector's Edition
2008 Sugar
2009 2009 New York Yankees - The Official
World Series Film
2009 Blutopia: The Los Angeles Dodgers Movie
2009 The New York Yankees 2009 World Series
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2009 The Official World Series Film Collection
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2009 Yankeeography: The Captains Collection
2010 Baseball's Greatest Games: 1960 World Series
Game 7
2010 Chasing 3000
2010 Essential Games of the Detroit Tigers
2011’s Moneyball Chronicled the shift from old
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It’s probably fair to
say that there has never
been a hockey article in
MAB Monthly, but for the
life of us, we can’t figure
out why. As the Black-
hawks make a run for an-
other Stanley
Cup, we thought
it may be fun to
take a look back
at some signifi-
cant moments in
Hawks history.
The Blackhawks were in-
troduced to the NHL in
1926. They won their first
ever game against the To-
ronto St Patricks 4-1.
To date, the team has won
4 Stanley Cups: 1934,
1938, 1961, and 2010.
No baseball team has
ever hit more than 2
home runs in an IHSAA
state championship
game. Penn hit 2 in
1998 and Andrean hit 2
in 2009.
No home runs have ever
been hit in a 1A softball
state championship
game.
California has produced
more MLB players than
any other state. Pennsyl-
vania is number 2.
The Cardinals are actu-
ally the oldest franchise
in the NFL having been
formed in 1899 as the
Morgan Athletic Club in
Chicago.
Mary, Queen of Scots ac-
tually wa sthe first golfer
to coin the term “caddy.”
Martin Luther is cred-
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the rules for bowling.
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1934. Prior to that, it was
black and white.
Stan Mikita was the first
player to have his
number retired
by the franchise
when his #21 was
retired in 1980.
Bob Pulford has
been the Black-
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in 1977-1979, 1982, 1985-
1987, and 1999-2000.
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