soul of baseball

Chapter 498 Don't Read the Introduction of the Major League 2
Four: The Kansas City Royals are located in Kansas City, Missouri, adjacent to the St. Louis Cardinals on Route 66.

Unlike the glorious history of the Cardinals, this team has only won two World Series championships. Fortunately, their fans are very gentle and lovely.

World Series Championships: 2 (1985, 2015)

Jerseys: 5
Main Colors: Royal Blue, Gold, Powder Blue, White
Retired back numbers: 5, 10, 20, 42
Created: 1969
Home: Kaufman Field.

Five: The Minnesota Twins were originally located in Washington, D.C., and were called the Senators at the time, and were even renamed the Nationals (not referring to the current Washington Nationals), before moving to Minnesota.The Minnesota metropolitan area is composed of two large cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis, so it is called the Twin Cities, which was renamed the Minnesota Twins.

And the home of this team, the Helm Free Metropolitan Stadium, makes this team even more terrifying.

This is an indoor court, using artificial turf, fully enclosed and with a white roof.This gives them the most home court advantage in the major leagues.

White roofs can confuse vision, making it easy for visiting players to lose sight of the ball.

A fully enclosed stadium will make the echoes even more deafening. As long as the visiting team is on the field during the game, the shouts of the fans will make them unable to hear any words clearly. Communication on the field?nonexistent.It has been recorded and even measured up to 105 decibels.

As for the Twins players who are familiar with the home grass, their style of play is light, and their pure speed and skill have killed a large number of wealthy teams.

Founded: 1901
Jerseys: 5
Main Colors: Navy, Crimson, Gold, White
退休背号：3、6、10、14、28、29、34、42
World Series Championships: 192, 1987, 1991
Status: Forced to rebuild ing in 2018~
West End:

One: The Anaheim Angels were very, very popular in 12 and 18.

In 12 years, it was because Pujols, the biochemical man at the time, came to the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 18, of course, it was because Japanese favorite Shohei Otani also joined Angel.

It's a pity that the record of the Angels continues to be crushed, Pujols' aging, Otani's crispy skin, and the scheduling of the pitchers because of Otani's changes continue to go wrong, so that all staff are scrapped, and the record is down down down!
The strongest Trout Trout in the major leagues can't save this team. (The origin of the nickname is trout)

Created: 1961
Jerseys: 3
Main colors: red, dark blue, silver

退役背号：11、26、29、30、50、42
World Series Championship: 1 time (2002)

Status quo: No one is willing to go, semi-retirement state.

Two: The Oakland Athletic is dubbed a green hat by domestic fans because of the main color.Of course, the reason why many people know this Celtics may be because of Brad Pitt.

Brad Pitt once starred in a baseball-themed movie, "Moneyball," which was adapted from Michael Lewis's famous novel "Moneyball: The Wisdom of Winning in Adversity."

This film tells the story of a magical business philosophy, how to make a big difference with a small one. His principle is not to train players or retain stars, but to focus on inviting cheap players who work hard, and try to build Wan Changzheng's team to avoid long-term losses. Reconstruction period.After all, the pitch itself favors the pitcher.

The Oakland Athletics are a small-market baseball team whose salaries are often among the lowest in the major leagues.The team is poor, the fans are poor, and even the stadium is dilapidated.But they can play very well!Even if the whole team can't find a big name!They are still 'rich'!
Founded: 1901
Jerseys: 3
Main colors: dark green, gold, white
退役背号：9、24、27、34、63、a's、42
Venue: McAfee Arena

世界大赛冠军：9次（1910、1911、1913、1929、1930、1972、1973、1974、1989）

Three: The Seattle Mariners can actually associate him with Japan. After all, most of the equity of this team belongs to Nintendo, the leader of Japanese video games.Not to mention that Ichiro Suzuki, who is unprecedented in Japanese baseball and 99% of the future, has created brilliance here.

The Mariners are an unremarkable team in the hometown of Starbucks coffee.After only entering the 'Nintendo' mode, it changed to a rich and wealthy state, and the team began to introduce a large number of Japanese players.

It's no secret that Asian fielders have a terribly low chance in the majors.Even if it goes up, there is no good performance.

But since Seattle introduced Ichiro Suzuki!Everything has changed.

The team began to transform into a delicate style of play similar to that of Japan Professional, coupled with the strong shooting from the United States, the integration was very good!
In 2001, he won a record of 116 wins and 46 losses, which was the most in the major leagues at that time. It was a perfect handover period.

But since then, the barrenness of the pellet farm (minor league) has been reflected. The players in the major leagues are aging too fast, and the players in the minor leagues are too late to replenish, so... In short, I have to thank the Angels for 18 years. later.

Founded: 1977
Jerseys: 5
Main color: blue, silver, green, blue, yellow, milky white

Retired back number: 11, 24, 42
World Series Winners: 0
Stadium: Surfcoe Stadium
Status: The 2018 season is a mid-range team. The 19 season will start with a game in Japan, which should be prepared for Ichiro Suzuki's retirement.

Four: The Texas Rangers have always focused on hitting the most, because the sweltering weather in Texas is very suitable for the flight of the ball.

All the players on this team are probably not as big as their former boss, after all, it is Bush, the President of the United States.It's a pity that during his management period, the team's salary was enough for the rich, but the record was not very good.

It wasn't until later that the business strategy was changed, high-salary players were sold, salary space was cleared, and a large number of players from their own farms were used. It was gradually improved.

By the way, an interesting fact, the closest the Texas Rangers came to the world championship was in Game 2011 of the [-] World Series. The opponent was the Cardinals and the catcher was Yuri.

At that time, the number of wins of the Rangers was 3:2 greater than that of the St. Louis Cardinals, and even maintained a 9:2 lead with 9 outs in the second half of the 7th inning!As a result, Frith killed the Rangers with a stick alone, pulling the number of wins to a 3:3 tie. In this way, the Rangers' general situation was gone, and the St. Louis Cardinals easily won the seventh game and won the team's 11th championship. .

Venue: Arlington Amerikaze Stadium

Founded: 1961
Jerseys: 4
Main color: dark blue, red, white
Retired back numbers: 7, 26, 34, 42
World Series Winners: 0
Current status: Accompanying running ing~
Five: The Houston Astros are located in the Texas Astros. They belong to a team that has been running in two leagues and has been beaten miserably. It's just a little bit of luck, but fortunately, in 2017, they took me to live.

Stadium: Minute Maid Stadium
Founded: 1962
Jerseys: 4
Main colors: dark blue, orange, white
退役背号：5、7、24、25、32、33、34、40、49、42
Status: Super scary team!

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