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Joe Simpson (broadcaster)
Joe Allen Simpson (born December 31, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player, and has been a radio and television broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1992. Career Playing career He began his baseball career as an All-American outfielder/first baseman at the University of Oklahoma. Simpson then played professionally for 11 seasons, beginning in 1973, when he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round. While with the Dodgers in 1978, he became the 3,000th strikeout victim of Gaylord Perry. He joined the Seattle Mariners in 1979 before being traded to the Kansas City Royals in 1983. An outfielder and first baseman throughout his professional career, he retired from the California Angels organization after the 1984 season. Broadcasting career Simpson worked as an analyst on Seattle Mariners telecasts for five years before joining Turner Sports and the Atlanta Braves Radio Network in 1992. He called Atlanta Brave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the bases. As an outfielder, they normally play behind the six players located in the field. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left field), 8 (center field) and 9 (right field). These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms. Outfielders named to the MLB All-Century Team are Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr. Strategy Players can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Baseman
A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the first baseman is assigned the number 3. Also called first sacker or cornerman, the first baseman is ideally a tall player who throws left-handed and possesses good flexibility and quick reflexes. Flexibility is needed because the first baseman receives throws from the other infielders, the catcher and the pitcher after they have fielded ground balls. In order for the runner to be called out, the first baseman must be able to ''stretch'' towards the throw and catch it before the runner reaches first base. First base is often referred to as "the other hot corner"—the "hot corner" being third baseman, third base—and therefore, like the third baseman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Jordan
Brian O'Neal Jordan (born March 29, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and National Football League safety. In the NFL, he played for the Atlanta Falcons, while he played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Texas Rangers. Baseball and football Jordan was a sports star at Milford Mill High School in Baltimore, Maryland, and he graduated from the University of Richmond. He was selected in the first round of the 1988 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. In the 1989 NFL Draft, he was taken in the seventh round by the Buffalo Bills but was cut in training camp. While he played in the Cardinals' minor league system, Jordan also played defensive back for the Falcons from 1989 to 1991. He had five interceptions and four sacks in his brief NFL career. He led Atlanta in tackles and was voted as an alternate to the National Football Conference Pro Bowl team during the 1991 season. In June 1992 Jordan signed a new contract with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner South
Turner South was an American cable and satellite television network that was owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. At its peak, Turner South reached approximately eight million subscribers across a six-state region comprising Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and portions of western North Carolina (roughly from Asheville to Charlotte).News Corporation Fox Cable Networks to Acquire Turner South News Corporation press release, 2006-02-23. History The channel launched on October 1, 1999 as the first regional entertainment network developed especially for viewers in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TBS (TV Network)
TBS (an abbreviation for Turner Broadcasting System) is an American pay television network owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It carries a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy, along with some sports events, including Major League Baseball, Stanley Cup playoffs, NCAA men's basketball tournament and professional wrestling show AEW Dynamite. As of September 2018, TBS was received by approximately 90.391 million households that subscribe to a pay television service throughout the United States. TBS was originally established on December 17, 1976, as the national feed of Turner's Atlanta, Georgia, independent television station, WTCG. The decision to begin offering WTCG via satellite transmission to cable and satellite subscribers throughout the United States expanded the small station into the first nationally distributed "superstation." With the assignment of WTBS as the broadcast station's call letters in 1979, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta Braves Radio Network
The Atlanta Braves Radio Network is a 138-station network (97 A.M., 41 F.M. stations + 1 F.M. translator) heard across ten states and one territory of the Southeastern United States that airs Major League Baseball games of the Atlanta Braves. The flagship station is WCNN in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary booth announcers are Ben Ingram and Joe Simpson, who alternate between play-by-play and color commentary on most game broadcasts, with Jim Powell also calling select games. Chris Dimino and Kevin McAlpin host the pregame and postgame shows. Mark Lemke provides pregame/postgame analysis and occasionally fills in for Simpson on game broadcasts. The engineer and game producer for Braves Network broadcasts is Jonathan Chadwick. Network producers include Keith Ippolito, Kevin D'Amico, Chris Culwell, Sean Nerny, Brandon Joseph, John Radcliffe, Cameron Carruth, and Isiah Stewart. Due to the large geographic span of the Braves' territory, their radio network has the most affiliates of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner Sports
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (WBD Sports) is the division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that is responsible for sports broadcasting, sports broadcasts on its parent company's various channels in the United States, including TBS (American TV channel), TBS, TNT (American TV network), TNT, AT&T SportsNet, and TruTV. It also operates the online digital media outlets for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, National Basketball Association, NBA, PGA Tour, and Professional Golfers' Association of America, PGA of America. WBD Sports also operates the sports news website Bleacher Report, and its streaming service, B/R Live, as well as NBA TV on behalf of the NBA. It also owns a minority share in the MLB Network. Internationally, another Warner Bros. Discovery Sports-branded division operates Eurosport in Europe. It began in the 1970s as the sports division of Turner Broadcasting System's basic cable networks, with separate TBS Sports and TNT Sports brands for TBS and TNT, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: Detroit Tigers over San Diego Padres (4–1); Alan Trammell, MVP *American League Championship Series MVP: Kirk Gibson *National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Garvey *All-Star Game, July 10 at Candlestick Park: National League, 3–1; Gary Carter, MVP Other champions *Amateur World Series: Cuba *Caribbean World Series: Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela) *College World Series: Cal State-Fullerton *Japan Series: Hiroshima Toyo Carp over Hankyu Braves (4–3) *Korean Series: Lotte Giants over Samsung Lions * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan *Junior League World Series: Pearl City, Hawaii *Little League World Series: Seoul National, Seoul, South Korea *Senior League World Series: Altamonte Springs, Florida *Summer Olympic Games at Los Angeles (demonstration sport): Japan (1st), United States (2nd), Chinese Taipei (3rd) Awards and honors *Baseball Hall of Fame **Luis Aparicio **Don Drysdale **Rick Ferrell **Harmon Killebre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team has played its home games at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The franchise was founded in Los Angeles in 1961 by Gene Autry as one of MLB's first two expansion teams and the first to originate in California. Deriving its name from an earlier Los Angeles Angels franchise that played in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), the team was based in Los Angeles until moving to Anaheim in 1966. Due to the move, the franchise was known as the California Angels from 1965 to 1996 and the Anaheim Angels from 1997 to 2004. "Los Angeles" was added back to the name in 2005, but because of a lease agreement with Anaheim that required the city to also be in the name, the franchise was known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim until 2015. The current Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1); Rick Dempsey, MVP *American League Championship Series MVP: Mike Boddicker *National League Championship Series MVP: Gary Matthews *All-Star Game, July 6 at Comiskey Park: American League, 13-3; Fred Lynn, MVP Other champions *Caribbean World Series: Lobos de Arecibo (Puerto Rico) *College World Series: Texas *Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-3) *Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over MBC Chungyong * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan *Junior League World Series: Manatí, Puerto Rico *Little League World Series: East Marietta National, Marietta, Georgia *1983 Senior League World Series, Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan *Baseball at the 1983 Pan American Games, Pan American Games: Cuba national baseball team, Cuba over Nicaragua national baseball team, Nicaragua Awards and honors *Baseball Hall of Fame **Walter Alston **George Kell **Juan Marichal **Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4–3); Willie Stargell, MVP *American League Championship Series MVP: None. *National League Championship Series MVP: Willie Stargell *All-Star Game, July 17 at the Kingdome: National League, 7–6; Dave Parker, MVP Other champions *College World Series: Cal State-Fullerton *Cuban National Series: Sancti Spíritus *Japan Series: Hiroshima Toyo Carp over Kintetsu Buffaloes (4–3) *Big League World Series: West Hempstead, New York *Little League World Series: Pu-Tzu Town, Hsien, Taiwan *Senior League World Series: Tung–Feng LL Taichung, Taiwan *Pan American Games: Cuba over Dominican Republic Winter Leagues * 1979 Caribbean Series: Navegantes del Magallanes * Dominican Republic League: Águilas Cibaeñas *Mexican Pacific League: Mayos de Navojoa *Puerto Rican League: Criollos de Caguas *Venezuelan League: Navegantes del Magallanes Awards and honors *Baseball Hall of Fame **Warren Gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaylord Perry
Gaylord Jackson Perry (September 15, 1938 – December 1, 2022) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for eight different teams from 1962 to 1983. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. Perry, a five-time All-Star, was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues: the American League (AL) in 1972 with the Cleveland Indians, and the National League (NL) in 1978 with the San Diego Padres; his Cy Young Award announcement just as he turned the age of 40 made him the oldest to win the award, which stood as a record for 26 years. He registered his 3,000th strikeout with the San Diego Padres in 1978. While pitching for the Seattle Mariners in 1982, Perry joined the 300 win club. Despite Perry's notoriety for doctoring baseballs (e.g. throwing spitballs), and perhaps eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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