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	The Baseball Crank
		Bush, after all, was Captain of a fair Yale baseball team back when Ivy League teams were still respectable, well-enough thought of in his time to have been introduced with special care to Babe Ruth himself, as you may have seen in a celebrated photo of the two shaking hands.
		If baseball is our particular prism on the world, as fans we might even have special insight into the Bush, Junior Presidential qualifications, since presumably what he did for the Rangers he plans to do for the country.
		Putting it another way: if the Lords of Baseball are to believed about their operating losses, during a time in which, on an investment of $86 million, the Rangers lost in the region of $70 million, the franchise still went up in value about $164 million.
	www.thediamondangle.com /crank/20000812.html (1731 words)

	Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1918 American League
		During the 1918 season, Washington Senators ace Walter "The Big Train" Johnson completed fifteen extra-inning games, including two of eighteen innings, one of sixteen innings, and another of fifteen innings.
		Eleven days later (April 29, 1918), Speaker had another one versus the White Sox and became the first outfielder to turn two unassisted double plays during the same season TWICE in a career (he had two in 1914).
		During the 1918 season, games were "complete" when the winning run crossed the plate during the ninth inning.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1918a.shtml (762 words)

	Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society's Official Website and Online Shoppe
		Connie Mack was a vigorous and long-time proponent of Sunday baseball, and this 1934 game was the culmination of many years of campaigning by the Athletics to legalize baseball on the Sabbath in Philadelphia.
		It legalized baseball on Sunday between the hours of 2 and 6 PM and allowed voters to decide by ballot at the local level whether Sunday baseball could be played in their communities.
		Baseball men hailed the end of the repressive Blue Laws and expected some financial relief for organized baseball from the worse effects of the depression.
	philadelphiaathletics.org /history/sundaybaseball.html (2177 words)

	Michael Mott
		Baseball Magazine, a premier baseball publication during this period, validates the latter argument, revealing the sport’s simultaneous claims of support for and exemption from the war effort.
		Baseball Magazine of the importance of baseball in military training and of the “hold baseball has on the camp,” evidenced by camp leagues sprouting up throughout the United States and the Allied countries stationing American soldiers.
		Baseball Magazine writers, Secretary Baker’s “depressing,” “unfortunate,” and “rankly discriminatory” order was guilty of losing a large fortune for a meager gain: “Is it worth while to abolish an institution which has grown dear to the American public for such an absurdly small result?”
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~mpmott/public_html/baseball&wwi.htm (2393 words)

	Baseball quotes
		"Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.
		"Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else.
		"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
	en.thinkexist.com /quotations/baseball (268 words)

	Baseball Almanac - 1918 American League Retirements
		The baseball torch is passed from season to season and in some cases, from game to game.
		Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1918 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.
		His final hit was a single during the sixth inning off Jim Maloney which drove in his last RBI (which was Curt Flood).
	www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/final.php?y=1918&l=AL&s=P (339 words)

	WILLIAMS, TED. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		San Diego, Calif. At the age of 17 he began playing professional ball with the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League.
		In 1942 the tall, rangy left-hander was again top batter in the major leagues with a.356 average, while leading the American League in home runs (36) and runs batted in (137).
		Williams, a controversial personality to some baseball fans, helped lead the Red Sox to a pennant in 1946.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/wm/WmsTed.html (273 words)

	1918 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
		Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive team roster for the 1918 St. Louis Cardinals with biographical data for every player who appeared in a game during the 1918 season.
		To view all the positions a player appeared in during the 1918 season please click on the player's name and examine their career statistics.
		Your donations make Baseball Almanac possible and financial support is badly NEEDED, so please visit our support page for details on how to help us preserve the history of our national pastime.
	baseball-almanac.com /teamstats/roster.php?y=1918&t=SLN (228 words)

	Big spenders pump life into game
		Much of the 2004 season's increased attendance and TV ratings can be attributed to the fact that baseball's biggest markets -- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles -- all had a team in the postseason hunt.
		Of baseball's 25 highest-paid players in 2004, eight played for either the Yankees or Red Sox.
		Sanderson, who believes criticism of baseball's prices is unfair, referred to a paper he authored on this subject.
	www.suntimes.com /output/baseball/cst-spt-payroll04.html (1208 words)

	Amazon.com: Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After beating the Yankees in the greatest comeback in baseball history (and watching New York commit the worst choke of all time) and then sweeping the Cardinals in the World Series, maybe now fans will be curious about the 1918 team and that war-torn season.
		In 1918, Wood's main focus is on the dramatic and historic 1918 season, in which the Red Sox took their sixth Junior Circuit flag, then continued on to beat the Chicago Cubs in the World Series four games to one, becoming the first team to win five World's Championships.
		This was the year that Ruth burst on the baseball world not as the Cy Young-like lefthander he had been, but as the soon-to-be Sultan of Swat most of us think of when we hear the name "Babe".
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595148263?v=glance (1777 words)

	1978 in baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
		January 19 - Eddie Mathews is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America on 301 of 379 ballots.
		April 1 - Starting off with a bang, Japanese star Sadaharu Oh hits a grand-slam home run on opening day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1978_in_baseball (637 words)

	Minor League Baseball: History: Top 100 Teams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After winning the 1918 title, Howley was appointed coach at Detroit, but after a disagreement with manager Hugh Jennings, he left to manage Hartford in 1920.
		He is forever enshrined in baseball history as the pitcher off whom Babe Ruth hit his first two major league home runs, on May 6 and June 2, 1915 when Ruth was a Red Sox hurler.
		A 1915 “Baseball Magazine” article about Warhop was titled “The Unluckiest Pitcher in the American League.” In 1912 his ERA was 2.86 with a 10-19 record and in 1914 it was 2.36 with an 8-15 mark.
	www.minorleaguebaseball.com /app/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=45 (2558 words)

	Babe Ruth 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		1918: Babe Ruth and the World Champion Boston Red Sox, by Allan Wood -- the story of the 1918 Red Sox and Babe Ruth...
		Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox is the first complete account of Boston's last championship [umm, next...
		1918 Redsox, 1921-23 (3 in a row), 1926-28 (3 in a row), 1932 Yankees; 10 total, 7 with Yankees, 3 with Redsox.
	www.baseballdirectory.co.uk /dir/babe-ruth-1918.html (367 words)

	August 1918
		Baseball Among the large supply of baseball equipment sent overseas by donor, Charles Comiskey, are bats stamped with the names of previous famous owners.
		Baseball Ty Cobb announced that this would be his last season, citing his enlistment, and stating that after the war’s end, he would officially retire from baseball.
		Baseball Frazee, president of the Boston Red Sox is perceived as using “non-essential traveling” as a means to derive a more profitable series for his organization in the series against the Cubs.
	lass.calumet.purdue.edu /histpoly/bigott/CALUMETMUSEUMWEB/August1918.htm (5297 words)

	Diamond Fans: Baseball Research Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Internet has been a boon to baseball researchers, providing a wealth of opportunities to locate information that once was very difficult to track down.
		This page, while not trying to be comprehensive, provides links to some of the more useful baseball web sites, many of which are provided through the efforts of members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
		A subset of the MVN baseball blogs can be found at all-baseball.com.
	www.diamondfans.com /research.html (666 words)

	the greatest catcher ever - Baseball Fever
		But the power of baseball as a ritual comes from more than a simple oppostiion between the social and the individual.
		Gibson was the greatest catcher to ever play the game of baseball, and, in my mind, would have most definitely been the greatest Major League catcher in history.
		A bit of a flake off the field, but on the field he was all baseball.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=18966 (6440 words)

	Spite: Red Sox: World Series Champions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Many baseball fans attribute this to the "Curse of the Bambino", a punishment for the Sox since they were stupid enough to trade Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920.
		But when you look at the facts it's clear that this curse, if it ever indeed existed, is over and that the Red Sox will win it all in 1999.
		1918 was the last title; take the 1 and the 8 and add them up to get 9.
	www.ibiblio.org /spite/bile/sox/99 (508 words)

	List of more than one hundred ol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Seminal baseball biography of the legendary player and manager of the Chicago White Stockings.
		Groundbreaking definitive early study of baseball history from an economic, cultural, historical perspective.
		The third installment in the Will Beaman Baseball Mystery Series, this book picks up in 1901 with the protagonist testing his baseball team loyalties between the National League Beaneaters and the upstart American League entry Boston Pilgrims.
	www.pocolpress.com /19cbooks.htm (1965 words)

	Cubs maul Red Sox in first meeting since 1918 - Boston.com - Baseball - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although they had not met since the 1918 World Series, which Boston won, the Cubs and Red Sox have been linked in infamy for almost a century by a cruel fate that saw generations of fans come and go without either team celebrating a championship.
		While the Red Sox finally exorcised the "Curse of Bambino" last year by winning the World Series for the first time since 1918, Cubs fans have continued to suffer in stoic silence.
		But there was cause for celebration on Friday at historic Wrigley Field as the Cubs pounded out 20 hits, led by a pair of homeruns from Jeromy Burnitz.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/06/11/cubs_maul_red_sox_in_first_meeting_since_1918?page=full (1047 words)

	Yankees Retire Another Number--1918 - Baseball Fever
		The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics." - Ernie Banks - I don't know if anyone better typifies the spirit and joy of the game than Mr.
		The Red Sox were always the "lovable losers" of the baseball world.
		On a day where they are celebrating their first title in 86 years, they STILL can't get the Yankees out of their head.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=21426 (2828 words)

	Sport
		Baseball Zack Wheat, famous outfielder, quits when he says he isn’t getting what he believes he is worth.
		Baseball Law in Peril in New Jersey Case Baseball Protection of territory is the principal on which a ware was fought with the Federal league, a war that was won largely through the loyal support of the minor leagues.
		Baseball Crystal A.C.’s of Hammond broke even on a double header yesterday, defeating the Whiting Boosters, 3 to 2 and losing to the K of C’s 2 to 0.
	lass.calumet.purdue.edu /histpoly/bigott/CALUMETMUSEUMWEB/May1918.htm (6236 words)

	Amazon.com: Safe by a Mile: Books: Charlie Metro,Thomas L. Altherr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This thick book is especially strong on minor league baseball during the last half-century, as the peripatetic Metro seems to have visited every small town ballpark imaginable and come away with a tale to tell.
		The author is a baseball mediocrity who failed as both a player and manager.
		Eldon Auker is a genuine character, a great baseball man, and his story provides more entertainment in 200 pages than Metro does in 500.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0803282818?v=glance (525 words)

	Current Baseball Publications: 1997
		Its purpose is to list all the baseball related publications published during each quarter and each calendar year.
		Voices from the Negro Leagues: Conversations with 52 Baseball Standouts of the Period 1924-1960.
		Minor League Baseball Towns of Michigan: Adrian to Ypsilanti, The Teams, and the Ballparks of the Wolverine State from the 1880s to the Present.
	www.sabr.org /committ/biblio/cbp1997.htm (5997 words)

	COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Nathanael West 1998 Plate
		He played in five games, batted in the eighth and ninth spots in the lineup, got five hits in twenty at bats, made one error and twelve putouts while playing right field.
		West's insecurity about his baseball prowess was reinforced by the fact that his cousins, who attended the same camp, were excellent athletes and they frequently won all the major athletic awards.
		Despite the fact that in real life West and [Pisces Field Manager] Henry Miller bored each other, and despite the fact that in reality West was an outfielder when he played baseball as a boy, the Pisces believe West will be one of their super star starting pitchers for the 1998 season.
	www.cosmicbaseball.com /nwest8.html (1208 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For fans and students of baseball, it's easy to see these six periods as steps in the evolution of the game to the "modern" era.
		Soos has also done an admirable job of mixing the "main" story of the highest levels of baseball that eventually produced the major leagues as we know it along with wonderful descriptions of the grassroots level of baseball.
		More than being politically correct for its own sake, his interpolated snippets about African-American and women baseball players, factory teams and amateur and semi-professional teams, town teams and the other semi-forgotten rivulets of the game fill in the broad picture of baseball and how it was played and what it meant at the time.
	www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu /usr/wall/beforethecurse.html (1199 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		In the aftermath of the United States' entry into World War I in 1917, a U.S. government edict called for the end of major-league baseball's 1918 regular season by Labor Day and the playing of the World Series immediately thereafter.
		Accordingly, the 1918 Series was a late-summer classic that ran from September 5 through September 11.
		Whatever its seasonal designation, baseball's big event was a big success story for the Boston Red Sox.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1918.html (710 words)

	Amazon.ca: Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland A's: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		What the book lacks is a historical or biographical thread that would turn this into a compelling narrative rather than five years of baseball statistics and a blizzard of detail.
		Only fans who see the national pastime as the core of history and all else peripheral will celebrate this degree of baseball purity, but there are more than a few of those around.
		Unlike Tom Clark in Champagne and Baloney (1976), Markusen, senior researcher at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, centers more on the exploits of "Catfish" Hunter, Reggie Jackson, and the other As, and on owner Charlie Finley's trades and quirks, and less on Finley's actual biography.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1570281882 (362 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ted Williams: A Baseball Life: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Williams, perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, was a controversial figure during his playing years.
		His baiting of the press, especially in Boston where he spent 19 years with the Red Sox, is almost as legendary as his swing.
		The reason i bought this book is because ted williams is the best hitter in baseballs long history.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0803293089 (420 words)

	UNH Sports Information - Baseball Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The first baseball team was formally organized in the spring of 1895.
		With the revival in 1903, the college put together much better teams than the previous attempts.
		Photographs are also available, filed under UV 16/1/14.
	www.izaak.unh.edu /archives/guides/baseball.htm (442 words)

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