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	World Series - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The first contests resembling the World Series were held during the 1880s, when the leading baseball clubs of the two major leagues—the National League and the American Association—agreed to play in exhibition games following their regular seasons.
		The American League was founded in 1901 and became the chief rival of the National League.
		The first World Series was held in 1903, when Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the NL champion Pittsburgh Pirates, challenged Henry Killilea, owner of the AL champion Boston Americans (later renamed the Boston Red Sox), to a best-of-nine-games series.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761563019___0/World_Series.html (2068 words)

	football leagues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In all there are 30 teams in the two leagues: 16 in the older National League ("NL") and 14 in the American League ("AL").
		Expansion from 8 to 10 teams in each league in the early 1960s resulted in a revised schedule of 162 games (9 opponents X 18 games apiece, initially) in their expansion years, for the American in 1961 and the National in 1962.
		The remaining position players and all of the pitchers on each league's roster were, for a large number of years, solely at the discretion of that team's manager.
	www.beteagle.com /bet/mlb/baseballleagues.html (1355 words)

	1972 American League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1972 American League Championship Series took place between October 7 and October 12 of 1972.
		The two teams would meet again in the 2006 American League Championship Series.
		After the Athletics won the first two games of the series at home, they had to travel to Detroit, where the Tigers would fight back, winning the next two.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series (464 words)

	LiveJournal
		In the American League Division Series, they first pulled a upset and eliminated the New York Yankees in four games, prompting rumours that Yankees' manager Joe Torre would be fired, because of the fact that they've been doing poorly in the playoffs.
		This series was a rematch of the 1972 American League Championship Series, in which the Athletics eliminated the Tigers in five games.
		Home-field advantage will be given to the Detriot Tigers due to the American League's 3 to 2 win over the National Leauge in the 77th MLB All-Star Game earlier this year and it once again be the second time that a team from the Central Division of either league will win the World Series.
	ppgrainbow.livejournal.com (3434 words)

	Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1972 American League
		Five took place in the American League and three in the National League with two being recorded by the Oakland Athletics who swept the Baltimore Orioles twice with a pair of identical 2-0 decisions.
		On August 23, 1972, Dick Allen of the White Sox became the fourth player to hit a ball into the centerfield bleachers at Comiskey Park.
		On October 2, 1972, Terry Forster of the White Sox stole second base and remained the last American League pitcher to steal a base until interleague play began during the 1997 season.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1972a.shtml (1090 words)

	Minor League Baseball: History: Top 100 Teams
		His only major league experience was two games with the Dodgers at the end of of the 1917 season, going 0-0, 10.50, after a 19-11 season at Muskegon (Central).
		Wachtel was a spitball pitcher and as he was not on a major league roster in 1920 when that pitch was outlawed, he was never able to return to the big leagues.
		Only one other team (the International League Orioles, who were ironically winning titles during the same exact years) in the annals of minor league ball could boast of a similar championship skein.
	www.minorleaguebaseball.com /app/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=33 (2134 words)

	World Series Almanac : 1972 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Phillies roster comprised veteran players of age 35-42, considered as one of the oldest in the National League.
		The Series saw American League champion Baltimore Orioles matching the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.
		The Baltimore Orioles was the fourth team in World Series history to lose the starting game and then defeat their competitors in the next four games.
	www.worldseries-almanac.com /1972_worldseries.html (210 words)

	Cincinnati Reds Championship Teams
		While it is widely thought that the Reds are the oldest professional baseball team in the majors, this is regrettably not the case.
		The Reds had won 1 American Association pennant and finished second in the standings during the 1885 and 1887 seasons.
		And in 1973 the Reds lost in the National League Championship Series to the Mets.
	www.redshistory.com /Championships/Home.htm (938 words)

	Little League Online
		The first Little League World Series (known then as the National Little League Tournament) is won by the Maynard Midgets of Williamsport.
		Future Major Leaguer Ed Vosberg plays in the Little League World Series for the runner-up team from Tucson, AZ, and goes on to become the only person to participate in the Little League World Series, College World Series (University of Arizona, champions, 1980) and Major League World Series (Florida Marlins, champions, 1997).
		Little League graduate George W. Bush, son of former President George Bush, is elected to the highest U.S. office.
	www.littleleague.org /about/chronology.asp (3546 words)

	Freedom To Play \| Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kenny Washington of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first African-American to play in the National Football League since fl players were banned by the league in 1933.
		The National Basketball League integrates in appreciable numbers as Dolly King joins the Rochester Royals, Pop Gates plays for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Bill Farrow signs with the Youngstown Bears and Willie King plays for the Detroit Gems.
		The Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League play a two game series against the Los Angeles Red Devils and their star Jackie Robinson.
	www.hoophall.com /exhibits/freedom_timeline.htm (1571 words)

	Tony Kubek Speaker - Book Motivational Celebrity Speaker Tony Kubek and Other Corporate Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He was 20 years of age when he played his first game in Major League Baseball in 1957, and - except for one year (1962) spent largely in the U.S. military - remained with the Yankees until his retirement due to a back injury at the close of the 1965 season.
		In Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, Kubek was victimized by a bad-hop ground ball that struck him in the throat; Kubek was badly injured and the batter, Bill Virdon, reached first base, enabling the Pittsburgh Pirates to rally in a game they eventually won 10-9 on a ninth-inning homer by Bill Mazeroski.
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	ipedia.com: American League Championship Series Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series (ALCS) determines who wins the American League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series.
		It began in 1969, when the American League was reorganized into two divisions, East and West.
		In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, known as the American League Division Series or ALDS.
	www.ipedia.com /american_league_championship_series.html (205 words)

	All-Baseball.com, part of MVN: 19 to 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Anyway, in the final game of the 1972 American League Championship Series, Jackson did indeed hurt his knee sliding into home, and was forced to spend the World Series on the sidelines.
		Add in the two old maxims that good pitching will stop good hitting (especially in a short series), and decisions in close games have a large element of luck, and, well, six of the seven 1972 WS games were one-run games, including all four of the Athletics’ wins.
		Yeah, and the circumstances are exactly -- he has a serious ankle injury, and throwing off flat ground isn’t throwing off the mound, both in terms of his ability to keep his balance and his ability to push off and throw those killer splitters.
	www.all-baseball.com /archives/016100.html (2606 words)

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		American Idol Rewind - "American Idol Rewind" is an upcoming series being shopped for syndication, slated to premiere at the end of September, 2006.
		The hourlong weekly series will be a repurposed edition of the first season of American Idol, featuring present day interviews with the top ten contestants in addition to extra audition and Hollywood Week episodes never previously aired.
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	Ike Brown -- Was a fan favorite in Detroit
		Brown made his way to the Tigers after his contract was purchased from the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs in 1961.
		In the minor leagues, he once played all the positions in the same game.
		In the 1972 American League Championship Series, he collected a hit and 2 RBI in two at-bats.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/b/brown_ike.html (170 words)

	Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Gene Tenace
		Tenace's only hit in the 1972 American League Championship Series was a single in the fifth game, but it drove in the run that paved the way for the A's to win the pennant.
		In the World Series Tenace came to bat in the second inning of Game 1 with two outs and a runner on first.
		For the next four years he was a significant contributor in the offensive lineup, slugging 22 homers or more every year and walking more than 100 times three years in a row.
	members.tripod.com /bb_catchers/catchers/tenace.htm (579 words)

	Tigers lead A's 2-0 after three innings in ALCS opener (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The A's never trailed in their three-game sweep of Minnesota in the division series, but faced an early deficit in their first ALCS game since 1992.
		Zito finally ended the threat, but the veteran left-hander - who's expected to leave the AL West champions as a free agent after the season - lost his command and confidence in a 38-pitch third inning after a superb beginning to his seventh career post-season start.
		The series is a rematch of the 1972 ALCS, won in five games by Oakland on the way to the first of three consecutive championships.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/061010/s101060.html (581 words)

	Little League Online
		The Distinguished Little League Graduate Award was established in honor of the many contributions made to Little League Baseball by Bill Shea, former President of the Little League Foundation.
		The Little League Baseball World Series is the culmination of the world’s largest sports tournament, with more than 16,000 games played in six weeks on six continents.
		Little League Baseball and Softball is the world’s largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million players and 1 million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and scores of other countries.
	www.littleleague.org /media/2005ws-distgradaward.asp (829 words)

	Southern League of Professional Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mincher, also a 13-year veteran of Major League Baseball, capped his playing career with a World Series Championship in 1972 with the Oakland A’s.
		The two-time American League All-Star hit 200 big league home runs during his career with the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Seattle Pilots, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and finally, the Oakland A’s.
		Mincher oversees the Southern League’s operations from his home office, while the administration of the league’s day-to-day business affairs continue to be handled from the Marietta, GA office.
	www.southernleague.com /leagueoffice/mincher.shtml (370 words)

	Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		Now, in 1972, the A's were American League titleists after edging the Detroit Tigers, three games to two, in the Championship Series, and were ready to take on the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.
		He blasted homers in his first two Series at-bats (a record accomplishment), driving in all of Oakland's runs, as the A's copped the Series opener, 3-2.
		The victory gave the A's their first Series championship since 1930, when the team represented Philadelphia.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1972.html (857 words)

	Rio Rancho Observer Online
		John Odom was surprised to be told the reporter he was about to talk to had been at Game 5 of the 1972 American League Championship Series at Tiger Stadium, when he pitched his Oakland A's to a 2-1 victory and a berth in the World Series.
		The A's, known then as the Mustache Gang, went on to win the 1972 series against Cincinnati, and then two more, in 1973 over the Mets and in 1974 over the Dodgers.
		That 1972 season, in which Odom surprised many by being at full strength in spring training after being shot twice trying to stop a Jan. 6 robbery in his hometown of Macon, Ga., might not have been his best season.
	www.observer-online.com /articles/2006/06/21/sports/sports1.txt (1869 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		After going at each other viciously for two years, the established National League and fledgling American League buried the hatchet, at least temporarily, in 1903 -- thanks in large part to the owners of the NL's Pittsburgh club and the AL's Boston team.
		Perhaps the main thing about the 1903 Series, though, was that it at least cooled tempers between baseball's warring factions.
		That the upstart American League buried the hatchet squarely in the back of the haughty National League -- and did so with fiendish delight -- was merely a sidelight.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1903.html (795 words)

	The Baseball Guru - Analysis Markusen Oakland A's Archive
		After the game, American League President Joe Cronin announced that he is suspending Campaneris for the balance of the playoff series against the Tigers, and added a $500 fine to the punishment.
		The rest of Oakland’s roster remains the same as it was during the playoff series against Detroit…; Speaking of Jackson, he was introduced to the capacity crowd at Riverfront Stadium crowd the traditional pre-game introductions of the A’s players.
		Hegan played in the 1964 Series with the New York Yankees; Mincher appeared in the 1965 Fall Classic with the Minnesota Twins; and Maxvill participated in both the 1967 and ’68 Series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
	baseballguru.com /markusen/oakplayoffs.html (13980 words)

	1972 Summit Series: A September to Remember
		In all fairness, by the time 1972 rolled around, Firsov was near the end of his career and was not the dominant player in Soviet hockey at that time.
		Tarasov and Vsevolod Bobrov, who ended up coaching the 1972 team, were undergoing a power struggle at the time, and Bobrov was winning at that point and time.
		Firsov however was a staunch Tarasov loyalist, and refused to participate in the series against Canada.
	www.1972summitseries.com /otherfirsov.html (481 words)

	Bert Campaneris \| The BASEBALL Page
		Bert Campaneris was born in Cuba and came to the U.S. for one reason: to be a ballplayer.
		He spent 1982 in the Mexican League and was back in the Majors in 1982 with the A's.
		Billy Martin used Campy as a pinch-hitter and utility infielder (and as a pinch-runner at the age of 41).
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/campabe01.php (492 words)

	Team Canada Hockey.com
		But the NHL Players' Association has strongly urged the league during labour talks to include Olympic participation in the new collective bargaining agreement, and it appears the union may get its way after accepting a salary cap, although nothing is set in stone at this point.
		But if negotiations drag on past that period, the league will become less inclined to include a break in a season that will likely be delayed.
		Gretzky took a pass on the world championship because of his mother Phyllis, who is battling lung cancer in Brantford, Ont., but is now doing better.
	www.1972summitseries.com /2006OlympicArchives001.html (1076 words)

	Hire Bert Campaneris for Motivational Speaking Engagements, Autograph Signings and Corporate Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		, for the league lead in steals (51), and led the league in triples (12).
		An adept bunter, he led the AL in sacrifice bunts in 1972 (20) and 1978 (40).
		Despite these credentials, Bert is most associated with an unfortunate incident in the 1972 American League Championship Series.
	www.marvlevy.net /players/bertcampaneris.html (428 words)

	Brown, Isaac 'Ike' - Negro League Baseball Player
		in Memphis, TN Ike Brown, a popular utilityman for the Detroit Tigers from 1969-74, was considered to be the last player from the Negro Leagues to make it to Major League Baseball.
		Brown was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues in 1961.
		He also went 1-for-2 with two RBI in the 1972 American League championship series.
	www.nlbpa.com /brown__ike.html (266 words)

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