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	1979 in baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following are the baseball events of the year 1979 throughout the world.
		January 23 - Willie Mays receives 409 of 432 votes in the Baseball Writers Association of America election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.
		March 7 - The Special Veterans Committee selects Warren Giles and Hack Wilson for the Hall of Fame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1979_in_baseball (807 words)

	Tommy Lasorda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Charles Lasorda (born 22 September 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) was a Major League baseball pitcher and manager.
		This person is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a manager.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tommy_Lasorda (1029 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: Abstracts From The Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The number of pages increased from 115 from the previous year to 120, but the 1979 version is about half the weight because the text was copied on both sides of the paper for the first time.
		Baseball keeps copious records, and people talk about them and argue about them and think about them a great deal.
		Baseball’s got a million records and if that is true you can prove it, so prove it.” Why do people argue about which catcher throws best, rather than figure the catchers’ records against base-stealers?
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/014545.html (1988 words)

	Albion College Baseball
		In 1995, the baseball facility was formally named Frank Joranko Field, in honor of retiring baseball coach and Briton alum (1952) Frank Joranko.
		A three-sport standout (baseball, basketball and football), Joranko participated in an era which some refer to as a "golden age" for the College, both in athletics and academics.
		Joranko-coached teams won better than 350 contests, over 300 in baseball alone; captured 11 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships, nine in baseball and two in football; and directed teams to three NCAA Division III playoff events, football in 1977 and baseball in 1979 and 1982.
	www.albion.edu /sports/baseball/joranko.asp (964 words)

	Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1979 American League
		On April 5, 1979, Earl Weaver, skipper of the Baltimore Orioles, achieved a managerial pinnacle when his club defeated the White Sox 5-3 giving him victory number one-thousand.
		On June 9, 1979 he struck out sixteen Detroit Tigers during a 9-1 Angels victory.
		This was the twenty-first time during his career where he struck out more than fifteen batters in a single game.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1979a.shtml (811 words)

	1979 Amateur Draft : First Round Picks by Baseball Almanac
		Each season the two leagues alternate the first pick and proceed through the first round in reverse order of finish from the previous season's standings.
		is pleased to present the 1979 first round draft selections, the team they were chosen by, their position(s), and their college or home town at the time of the amateur draft.
		Also drafted during the 1979 Amateur Draft were future National Football League stars John Elway, Dan Marino, Jay Schroeder and Curt Warner.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /feats/1979draft.shtml (292 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: July 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		James labels Mike Schmidt as “the best defensive player in baseball at his position”, projects that the Philly slugger will hit 400-450 home runs in his career, and says that he hopes Schmidt “doesn’t get left out of the Hall of Fame because of his batting average”.
		Ivie was out of baseball four years later, having hit a grand total of 18 HR since James sang his praises.
		Baseball is overrun by statisticians who, working with the ten or fifteen basic categories available anywhere, can spend a book or two multiplying and dividing them in “new” ways.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/2004_07.html#014437 (8952 words)

	The Baseball Analysts
		Missing ten baseball games that summer turned out to be a small price to pay in the big picture of life.
		Brown is the best five tool player that college baseball will offer in 2007, a center fielder that had 30 extra-base hits and 14 stolen bases in 2006.
		A reporter gets enough baseball data to write his or her story, but very few responses come from the heart anymore.
	baseballanalysts.com (6806 words)

	Baseball
		Without question, we are indebted to his generosity…his love of baseball and his love for the players.
		Under American Legion Baseball Player Recruiting Rule 4[c], any player who attends Alleman High School, regardless of city of residence, is eligible to play, but is required to complete a National Declaration Form #77 declaring Rock Island Post #200 as his team of choice for the remainder of his American Legion eligibility.
		First, development of the serious amateur baseball player who has aspirations of playing baseball at the collegiate and/or professional level is addressed.
	www.basenuts.com /post200/baseball.htm (2710 words)

	Baseball Release - TowsonTigers.com
		Hartzell, who passed away on Monday after a brief illness, had been a fixture at Towson baseball games since his retirement from The Baltimore Sun in 1979.
		From 1967 to 1979, during the baseball season, a highlight of The Sun's front page was his cartoon Oriole.
		In recent years, he grew disinterested in major league baseball and focused his baseball loyalties on the Towson baseball team.
	www.towsontigers.com /sports/baseball/release.asp?release_id=672 (411 words)

	NPR : The Pete Rose Controversy
		Pete Rose, seen on an 1979 baseball card, is one of the game's greatest players, leading in career hits (4,256) and at-bats, (14,053).
		The late Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti explains the decision to ban Rose in 1989.
		Major League Baseball officials are considering giving Rose a second chance at reinstatement -- a move that potentially would allow him to enter the Hall of Fame.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1265784 (898 words)

	hokiesports.com - Baseball
		Under Tech Hall of Fame guidelines, persons are not eligible for induction until they have been out of school for a period of 10 years.
		He is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame and the Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame.
		As a senior in 1979, he rushed for 401 yards and two TDs and caught five passes for 54 yards before suffering a season-ending knee injury at West Virginia.
	www.hokiesports.com /baseball/recaps/08182002aaa.html (1862 words)

	Topps Baseball in the 1970s (Part II): 1975-1979 Sportscards and More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 1975 Topps baseball set was produced in two different formats.
		The decade of the 1970s was rounded out by the 1979 Topps baseball set of 726 cards, the same size as 1978.
		Topps also issued a test-market release called 1979 Topps Comics, with 33 players on wax wrappers for bubble gum.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article3810.chtml (583 words)

	American Heroes
		Baseball history - Sharp looking cards with bright vivid colors highlighting players...
		Kent Tekulve was cut from baseball team at Hamilton Ohio Catholic High School but went on to win varsity letter.
		one of baseball's most consistent shortstops......finished first in the American League in double plays for SS (103).....
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=174 (1307 words)

	Win Expectancy Finder - Major League Baseball 1979-1990 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		So, if anyone was using.484 as the inherit win percentage of visiting teams during those years, I'm sorry.
		The walkoffbalk blog is back (but mostly just Dan), and at a slightly longer address.
		1979 - 1990 win expectancy data taken from Phil Birnbaum, which was derived from Retrosheet game data of every major league game from 1979-1990.
	walkoffbalk.com /index.php?id=47 (376 words)

	1963 \| Western Canada Baseball
		Steve Dalkowski was one of the most feared pitchers in baseball in the late 50s and early 60s.
		Although he never fired a single pitch in the major leagues, the flame-throwing lefthander was one of the most talked about players in baseball.
		In a Newsday article from 1979, several baseball men discussed Dalkowski's and his blazing fastball.
	www.attheplate.com /wcbl/1963_1.htm (960 words)

	What's the value of this team-signed 1979 Orioles baseball? - Baseball Fever
		Someone on another board had this ball which has 26 signatures, but it is smudged.
		This ball was passed down from grandfather to grandson, is from the AL-pennant winning 1979 Orioles team.
		Please read the Baseball Fever Policy and FAQ Section before posting.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=28735 (285 words)

	Baseball Library
		Fred Lieb used to be the most prolific book-writing baseball author of all time, but Honig has overtaken him and is lengthening his lead with every copyright.
		The two works mentioned most often were The MacMillan Baseball Encyclopedia and Lawrence Ritter's The Glory of Their Times.
		An account of the author's involvement with his son, Carter, in the amateur ""Connie Mack"" league baseball of Bangor, Michigan, celebrates the redemptive power of sports and chronicles the turning point in a father-son relationship.
	www.kypris.com /Baseball/bb-essential.html (2611 words)

	Marty Mathiesen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Marty was an excellent two-sport athlete but he excelled at baseball.
		In 1979 he was named the Most Valuable Pitcher in the Far Western Conference.
		He returned after his pro baseball career to play two more years of basketball.
	www.csuchico.edu /athletics/hof/inductees/mathiesen.html (158 words)

	Clarence Everly's Baseball Cards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As with many of you, I began collecting baseball cards as a youngster.
		That led to the resurrection of my card collecting and, almost ten years later, is something that my son and I can do together.
		Occassionally I will collect an oddball baseball set or two such as the Post Cereal sets.
	mypeoplepc.com /members/everlyc/everlycards (101 words)

	Baseball Notebook: 1979 -- It was a very, uh, long time ago
		Or in baseball's case, when in San Juan do as the Catholics.
		Attendance may be down on the whole, but one of baseball's bright spots can be found in -- believe it or not -- South Florida.
		The New York Times reported that Major League Baseball is exploring the possibility of a World Cup in 2005.
	www.post-gazette.com /pirates/20030420basnot0420p5.asp (1612 words)

	New York Yankees Baseball Cards - 1979 Topps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The players name and team are located along the bottom along with a baseball with the Topps logo inside.
		The back printing color was changed from 1978 but it does include the standard statistics but instead of a game situation there is a baseball quiz.
		Coast to Coast Tickets is your source for New York Yankees tickets, Red Sox tickets and Mets tickets.
	www.nyyankeecards.com /Checklist.asp?ID=79TP (237 words)

	kenn.com > sports > baseball > mlb > 1979 mlb attendance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		You are here: kenn.com > the sports attendance database > baseball > mlb > 1979 mlb attendance
		Sources: Team and MLB media guides, Total Baseball (various editions), baseball-reference.com, ballparksofbaseball.com and ESPN.com.
		Keep in mind the nearest exit may be behind you.
	www.kenn.com /sports/baseball/mlb/1979.html (52 words)

	The Baseball Analysts: As the (Dodgers) World Turns...
		The team I grew up rooting for in Vero Beach and later was employed by for three years from 1988 to 1991 while working with quality baseball people in the minors is one I hardly recognize.
		The Dodgers can't ignore the fact that they're vying with the Angels for the loyalty of LA area baseball fans.
		But as a baseball fan, I'm suggesting this is not only an important baseball and hire for the Dodgers...
	baseballanalysts.com /archives/2005/10/as_the_dodgers.php (2820 words)

	SportsCombine - Team Summary
		The 2005 baseball team had the school's most successful baseball season since 1979.
		(The 1979 team won the region and lost in the state semifinals.) This year's team was runner-up in the region and lost in the state quarterfinals.
		(There were no quarterfinals in 1979 as only 1 team qualified from each region.) This year's team won the Pioneer District regular-season championship and tournament championship.
	www.sportscombine.com /scripts/p_tm_news.asp?t=220301 (225 words)

	Seventies Almanac - 1979
		Such hits as "Long Train Runnin'," "China Grove," "Black Water," "Take Me in Your Arms" and "Takin' It to the Streets" turned them into one of the hottest bands of the seventies.
		After a couple of slow years, the Doobies bounced back in 1979 with their best-selling album ever,
		Baseball: The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 3.
	www.superseventies.com /1979.html (962 words)

	eBay — Non-Graded, Rookies 1970-1979 and Baseball-MLB items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Golf, Wrestling and Non Sports cards and supplies.
		I am a collector of Sports cards (over 20 years worth)to include Baseball, Basketball, Football and some Hockey cards.
		I have a large assortment of Baseball Cards all cheaply priced at 40-90% off Beckett book value.
	sports-cards.stores.ebay.com /_W0QQcatZ86834QQpZ4QQtZlw (585 words)

	Bibliography of Published Baseball Music and Songs in the Collections of the Music Division at the Library of Congress ...
		First published in the mid-nineteenth century, many of the items listed below represent the earliest widely-distributed baseball collectibles; the value of these objects lies both in their music and lyrics as well as in their elaborately illustrated covers, which furnish a factual and cultural history of our national game, its fans and their heroes.
		The paths of baseball and musical composition have crossed several times in their respective evolutions.
		For example, from 1895 to 1920, a time marked by the American heyday of the parlor piano and the prominence of the popular music publishing industry called "Tin Pan Alley," it was common for family and friends to gather around the piano for an evening's entertainment.
	www.loc.gov /rr/perform/baseballbib.html (7797 words)

	1979 Topps Baseball Cards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		1979 Topps # 42 Ron Blomberg (White Sox)
		1979 Topps #203 J.R. Richard Record Breaker (Astros)
		1979 Topps #205 John Stearns Record Breaker (Mets)
	www.baseball-cards.com /vintage/1979-topps.htm (411 words)

	Lou Brock Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
		Options for College, LLC, sponsors this information on one of the all-time greats in baseball history, 3000-hit club member and stolen base machine Lou Brock.
		46 77% 1979 40 STL NL 436 306 55 4.85
		Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
	www.baseball-reference.com /b/brocklo01.shtml (765 words)

	Amazon.com: When The Bucs Won It All: The 1979 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates: Books: Bill Ranier,David Finoli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By the end of the 1970s, the Pirates were a good team but no longer considered favorites to win a World Series.
		As intriguing as the season was, it wasn’t until the evening of August 25th that the Pirate fans really started to believe "it" could happen.
		The history of that magical ball club is covered here, from how the 1979 world champion team was built, to a thorough look at the season and post season, to how "The Family" finally fell.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786420502?v=glance (715 words)

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