When a baseball team is on a road trip, which players hear boos from the crowd the most? Which players get booed so much their own fans even join in?
Why does a player get booed? Is it simply because of the team they're on or is it just because of the person they are?
Here are the 15 baseball players I believe hear the boos the most when they visit other team's stadiums. I'll also try to explain why I believe these players hear the boo-birds and where they hear them the most.
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The road to the World Series consists of heated division battles, intense rivalries and several short series in which anything can happen. Any major league team is capable of beating another on a given day, or even in a given series. These are the 10 teams—loosely listed in order—that I think have the greatest chance of standing in the Yankees' way this year. Consider this a ranking of how strongly I feel each teams is capable of stopping the Yankees.Before I begin, some honorable mentions: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, ...
Alex Rodriguez hit the 22nd grand slam home run of his career on Saturday, snapping a tie with Manny Ramirez. A-Rod is one slam away from tying Lou Gehrig for the most career grand slams.A-Rod has admitted to using performance enhancing substances. Manny Ramirez has used them, too.In 2001, Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single season record when he belted 73 home runs. McGwire has admitted steroid use.On August 7, 2007, Bonds hit the 756th home run of his tainted career. In January of that year, the ...
60 home runs and 225 RBI over a two-year stretch may be considered career years for an ordinary MLB player, but when you're Alex Rodriguez they are thought of as down years.
Hampered by constant hip injuries, Rodriguez just didn't seem like the three-time AL MVP and had many thinking he was on the decline.
However when he reported to spring training in February in tip-top shape, it was clear that he was on route to a big year. Six home runs, a .388 batting average and a 1.342 OPS in spring ...
Moving out from behind the plate and working exclusively as the Yankees DH, Jorge Posada was supposed to be fantasy gold. Despite being 39 years old, a player with his upside, coupled with being eligible at catcher…people were drooling over the potential for him to produce massive power while playing every day.
The power has been there, but the rest of the numbers have certainly disappointed:
58 At Bats.160 Batting Average (8 Hits)5 Home Runs9 RBI6 Runs0 Stolen Bases.276 On Base Percentage.460 Slugging Percentage
He has five home runs in eight hits…that really ...
There is nothing better than winning the World Series and there is nothing worse than losing it, but despite the fact that nothing hurts more than losing the final game of the season, some World Series defeats are worse than others.In 1963, the New York Yankees lost four consecutive games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees never had a chance, although they were in every game.
When it was over, the players were embarrassed and depressed, but almost to a man, they felt that the ...
I’m not a sabermetrics guy.
Instead of numbers and formulas, I prefer to rely on what I glimpse with my own two eyes, and judge what I see not with a calculator but with instincts that have been honed through a lifetime of watching baseball.
For the last year, sabermetrics supporters and analysts have been saying that Derek Jeter is done.
I have not believed them.
When I looked at Jeter I saw the same thing everyone else did; an aging shortstop with diminished range and offensive production that was rapidly declining from Hall-of-Fame ...
It's hard to be a baseball manager. It's even harder to manage in New York City. It's even harder than that to manage the New York Yankees.With pockets deep enough to absorb almost any contract and make any change at any time, the Yankees possess power no team can match.That power has helped them create one of the best top-to-bottom lineups in baseball. And all of that power rests in the hands of manager Joe Girardi.For the Yankees to be 10-6 and in first place in the AL East is ...
Remember back in December when Cliff Lee declined the Yankees' enormous offer to sign with the Phillies and Andy Pettitte subsequently retired to spend more time with his family? Every baseball fan on the planet immediately began to write off the Yankees and question their previous thoughts of the Yankees making the playoffs. Brian Cashman, although most likely out of panic, went out and signed hit-or-miss pitchers Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon, hoping to catch lightening in a bottle.Heck, he was praying for a tiny spark from just one of the ...
The Yankees have a problem that many teams would love to have: Three possibilities to man one position for the next decade or so. Of course, I'm referring to the triumvirate of catchers currently in the Yankees' minor league system: Jesus Montero, Austin Romine and Gary Sanchez. Jesus Montero was thought to be Jorge Posada's heir, but his performance during this spring showed he wasn't quite ready yet; his great bat wasn't there and his defense wasn't acceptable yet. Austine Romine is considered by many to be a better overall ...