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Major League Baseball has announced that during a pre-game ceremony a partial list of additional Hall of Famers will be recognized including Luis Aparicio, Wade Boggs, Gary Carter, Orlando Cepeda, Rollie Fingers, Bob Gibson, Ralph Kiner, Eddie Murray, Earl Weaver and Dave Winfield.

The list of 10 Hall of Famers will be honored prior to the 79th MLB All-Star game on Tuesday July 15th. But this years All-Star Game will also be somewhat of an honorary event in itself as it will be held at Yankee Stadium during its last year as the home of the New York Yankees. Also a number of MLB players who are being inducted with this announcement - Dave Winfield, Wade Boggs, Gary Carter and Ralph Kiner - all have ties with the Yankees franchise

Red Carpet, a slew of celebrity appearances and of course sponsorship, make an All-Star event to watch.

Since the advent of MLB jerseys there probably has not been another jersey more recognized then then that of New York Yankees. In 1912, in their final season at Hilltop Park the Yankees had adopted the the pinstriped uniform.

First introduced by the Cubs years earlier the pinstripe uniform has since become the most famous uniform in all of sports and synonamous with the Yankees ball club. Since the first adaption of the pinstripe into the Yankees uniform, other then the hat, the Yankees jersey has changed very little.

Many young baseball fans take pleasure in the idea of wearing MLB clothing representing their favorite baseball league team. What usually keeps many from that dream is the price.

The choices of MLB jerseys and apparels from this web store offers an alternative option for MLB fanatics, as they offer replica and authentic jerseys for all of your favorite MLB teams all at competitive prices.

Many NFL jerseys are acquired as collector’s items. An authentic team jersey signed by a well known NFL star can in fact fetch a good price at auctions. Most recently, throwback jerseys have also become very popular.

These have the team logos, designs and colors from years past. You may even have throwback jerseys signed by former popular players like Jim Marshall, Dwight Clarke, Jerry Rice, and even coaches such as Mike Ditka. These names of famous players on a jersey give an added value that is worth collecting.

As I have begun formulating more and more information pertaining to the history of sports it is certainly made me consider what the future will be looking back upon during these years in sports. There were certainly a fair share of scandals in MLB’s past but there just seems to be an over obsession with uncovering dirt, and overall players cannot seem to stay out of the infamous spotlight.

Viagra, a seemingly irrelevant ‘enhancement drug’ solely intended for hitting home runs…off the field is now the target for ban from the MLB with the discovery of its use initially by New York Yankees own, Roger Clemens. The supposed ‘Vitamin V’, which is not officially banned by Major League Baseball or other sports but with the uncovering of its widespread use it is being researched for its performance enhancing affects by three US universities, specifically referred to as sildenafil citrate.

Where will players, regulations, and all the commotion stop? Baseball cannot ever be quite the same, and talk of performance enhancers will certainly bring a comical topic to any discussion. With the advent of an erectile dysfunction medication, its intended use and recent implications in its intended performance-enhancing uses such as building endurance and offsetting the impotence causing side-effect of testosterone injections (the drugs intended use), where will the line be drawn in the future. And is the MLB overstepping that line by banning something being used for its intended use? Pretty soon players may be finding themselves unable to play longer innings.

And sometimes this answer can be creating a scapegoat or rationalizing where the lack of potential is within a team. As the Seattle Mariners continue to slump, Jeff Pentland was released for lack of a better term. In bringing in a ‘different voice’ said Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi he hopes to help this struggling team.

Lee Elia, a former Mariners batting coach from93-97 and once manger of the Chicago Cubs was brought into the role in hopes of improving what some players admit is not necessarily Jeff’s fault. Many players agree that the team has to take the blame, but in a high profile city with a lack of competitive teams a cut may just seem like the easiest, or best answer.

In hopes of hitting better it is still just one aspect of the lack of both defense and offense for the Seattle Mariners players. Elia admits that despite this change in his role with the Mariners he is still not looking to get back into baseball on a full-time basis. He has dedicated 47 years thus far in his baseball career but is certainly a ‘Mariner guy’ and is willing to help if he can.

Pinstriping on MLB jerseys created in the 19th century was not used very long in major and minor league play, but was brought back by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in 1907, 1916 and 1917, respectively. During that time when the striped uniforms were made again, other materials for the baseball uniform were added, such as uniforms made of satin.

The team most often identified with pinstripes would be the New York Yankees. Legend has it that the stripes were adopted to make Babe Ruth look slimmer. That story is a myth, as the Yankees had already adopted pinstripes several years before acquiring Ruth.  They were first used in 1912, but the Yankees pinstripes have persisted and become a symbol of the Yankees, to the point where books about the Yankees often have pinstriped covers.

Ken Griffey Jr., one homer shy of 600, donned his MLB jersey and returned to the starting lineup last night for the Cincinnati Reds for the first time in four games.

The 38-year-old outfielder didn’t start the previous three games against the Philadelphia Phillies because of general soreness, including a bothersome left knee.

Griffey walked as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning in each of the last two games and pitcher Bronson Arroyo ran for him both times. Fans booed the walks, but cheered when Junior’s name was announced before the game.

Griffey entered 0-for-2 with a walk and two strikeouts against Phillies ace Cole Hamels.

The only other players to hit 600 homers are Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa.Griffey hit No. 599 against Atlanta on Saturday, but missed a chance to reach the milestone in front of his hometown fans.

In 1929, both the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians first introduced numbers on the backs of mlb jersyes. When originally introduced the Yankee numbers were designed to correspond to a players’ position in the batting order, for example, Babe Ruth, was number 3 follow by Lou Gehrig. By 1932, every Major League team had incorporated this addition to the baseball uniform, a practice that obviously remains to this day.

Aside from the advent of the Boston Red Stockings first introducing the knickerbockers and showcasing their red stockings as a part of their baseball uniform stockings took drastic changes in look. Styles through out the 1900’s included diamonds and stripped stockings ranging in color combination as well as stirrups intended to create distinction from NFL uniforms.

Stockings also aided in spawning some ball club names because of the distinct changes to their uniform and focus on the look of their stockings including the Red and White Stockings as well as the Detroit Tigers as they were nicknamed since somewhere around 1895 becuase of the stripped stockings they wore but would not enter their first major league game until 1901.