
	Where results make sense

Topic: 1985 in baseball

	Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1985 National League
		Major League Baseball's oldest stadium, Chicago's Comiskey Park, celebrated its 75th anniversary with eleven fans in attendance who were present at it's opening in 1910.
		Baseball's Championship Series was altered from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven format in an effort to generate up to $9 million dollars in additional revenues.
		Keith Hernandez of the Mets, July 4, 1985, along with Jeffrey Leonard of the Giants, June 27, 1985, were the only two National League players to hit for the cycle.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1985n.shtml (770 words)

	1985 in baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following are the baseball events of the year 1985 throughout the world.
		January 7 - Outfielder Lou Brock and knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, with Wilhelm becoming the first relief pitcher ever selected.
		Second baseman Nellie Fox is named on 295 of the 395 ballots (74.7%), but the BBWAA and the Hall of Fame committee decline to round Fox's percentage to the necessary 75%.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1985_in_baseball (693 words)

	1985 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1985 World Series, popularly known as the "Show-Me Series" and the "I-70 Series", pitted the National League champion St.
		Not realizing it was happening until it was too late, the National League's top base-stealer had been run over by a tarp that a built-in mechanism rolled out of the artificial turf at Busch Stadium.
		Baseball's fastest man (at the time) had been removed from active play by a two-mile-an-hour machine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1985_World_Series (2186 words)

	Professional Football Leads Baseball by 2-to-1 as Nation's Favorite Sport
		Nineteen years ago, in 1985, when The Harris Poll(R) first asked this question, professional football and baseball were in a virtual tie (24% to 23%) for first place.
		With the exception of pro football and baseball, the numbers of people naming sports as their favorites are not very different from what they were in 1985.
		Baseball does best among U.S. adults who follow more than one sport with household incomes of between $35,000 and under $50,000 (22%) and with matures, aged 59 and over (20%).
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-13-2004/0002276104&EDATE= (801 words)

	The Chronology - 1985 \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Tim Raines is awarded a $1.2 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator John Roberts‚ the largest award to date through that process.
		To bolster their pitching staff for the pennant race‚ the Angels acquire veteran Don Sutton (13-8) from the A's for 2 minor league players to be named later.
		Baseball gets its first intrastate World Series since 1974‚; as the Royals and Cardinals win their respective playoff series.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /chronology/byyear.php?year=1985 (9531 words)

	Timeline 1985
		1985 Aug 25, Samantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union, was killed with her father in an airplane crash in Maine.
		1985 Dr. Richard F. Marsh (d.1997 at 58) observed that the disease mink spongiform encephalopathy was very similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), and that food supplement made from cattle and fed to the minks was probably the route of disease transmission.
		1985 In Nicaragua the 3,000 acre cotton ranch of Enrique Bolanos was expropriated by the Sandinistas.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1985.HTML (12558 words)

	Baseball Oracle: The Last Baseball Stats Encyclopedia You'll Buy
		There is also Baseball Oracle Extra which is the basic version with the Games Summary and box score information of every game since 1960 and every post-season game since 1903.
		The evaluation copy of Baseball Oracle is the same version of the software that we sell, all the same features are there.
		We are so sure you´ll agree that Baseball Oracle is the most powerful encyclopedia available anywhere and that it is the only baseball encyclopedia you´ll ever need that if you are not completely satisfied within 60 days of purchase, we will give you your money back.
	www.lucidsoftware.com /baseball (1334 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: Abstracts From The Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is a book about what baseball looks like if you step back from it and study it immensely and minutely, but from a distance.
		Computer people are not going to be running baseball in a few years; indeed, computer people are not going to be running anything in a few years except computers.
		The rise of the computer age is not going to put computer specialists into positions of power any more than the rise of the auto age put auto mechanics and bus drivers into positions of power.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/015757.html (3379 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: Abstracts From The Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The price of the 1985 Abstract was raised from $6.95 to $7.95 in the U.S. and from $8.95 to $10.75 in Canada, perhaps in recognition of its growing popularity as well as a 70-page expansion in the size of the book since the last price increase in 1983.
		.When I began to analyze baseball as an adult, two things were immediately obvious to me. One was that the batter, far from being an innocent bystander to the occurrence, was a larger factor in determining where and when a walk would happen than was the pitcher.
		In 1984, the Bucs were the first team in the history of major league baseball to lead the league in ERA and finish last.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/016291.html (4362 words)

	Big Stupid Tommy: All the Artsy, Twice the Fartsy
		That 1985 set was my second year of collecting baseball cards, and my first big year in the hobby.
		In all my 8-year-old wisdom, I was figuring that 1985 would bring a division crown just like 1984...I was hoping to not have to live through the disappointment of another playoff loss.
		I was in what may have been the last generation of kids to trade baseball cards without much consideration to their monetary value.
	bigstupidtommy.blogspot.com /2006/03/kirby.html (1058 words)

	1985 Draft History
		The 1985 CFCL Draft was held at the home of reigning CFCL champion Dave Goetz.
		The CFCL expanded in 1985, adding one team, the Ghostbusters (David "Ghost" Gross), to raise our total to 7.
		As the 1985 season approached, it's hard to say if any of us had noticed what Stone had done the previous year.
	www.geocities.com /cfclhist1/1985/85-drhst.html (872 words)

	Baseball (Nintendo, 1985) - NESguide.com
		Baseball is a simple baseball video game made by Nintendo in 1983 for the Nintendo Family Computer, making it one of the first games released for the Famicom.
		It was later one of the NES's 18 launch titles when it was released in 1985 in the United States.
		As in real baseball, the object of the game is to score the most runs.
	www.nesguide.com /games/baseball (183 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Sports :: The 1985 Sports Cube Baseball Quiz
		The resurgence of the stolen base in baseball over the last ten years is manifest.
		The efforts of new baseball commisioner Peter Ueberroth to finally resolve the designated hitter issue are admirable.
		The 1985 Red Sox boast what is perhaps the most intimidating day-to-day lineup in the majors.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=220847 (1611 words)

	Diamond Mind Baseball
		If you like intelligent baseball talk that is backed up by solid analysis and presented with style and wit, check out Rob's daily column on ESPN.com.
		Brooks is not afraid of correlation coefficients, and in an article published in the 1989 Baseball Research Journal, he subjected the Elias studies to some rigorous statistical tests, which I understand just enough to trust.
		Many baseball fans will respond with a resounding yawn because, evidence or no evidence, they know what their eyes and ears tell them.
	www.diamond-mind.com /articles/neyerclutch.htm (1800 words)

	TheGoal.com: Doug Henry
		At Tennyson High School I was an All-City selection in baseball and basketball in 1982 and was also player of the Northern California Baseball Player of the Year.
		Then in 1985 I was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth round and spent the next five and a half years in the minors.
		Since that time, playing professional baseball has been a great experience for me. The game is filled with excitement, and every ballplayer hopes his career is filled with accomplishments.
	www.thegoal.com /players/baseball/henry_doug/henry_doug.html (486 words)

	Howstuffworks "1985 Baseball Season Headlines"
		Batting an American League-leading.368 average in 1985, Wade Boggs began a four-year streak atop the circuit in batting.
		In 1985, it was revealed that Hernandez was using drugs and he was suspended; he put his career back together to be named team captain in 1987.
		In 1985, Henderson had one of the greatest seasons ever by a leadoff man: a.314 average, 99 walks, 146 runs scored (the best showing in the majors since 1949), and an average of over a run scored per game (the best since 1939).
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /1985-baseball-season1.htm (761 words)

	Untitled Document
		You may think that baseball uniforms haven't changed alot but they have.
		But by 1985, they had the name of the team on the jerseys and they didn't have collars anymore.
		All of these pictures are from Brigham University baseball teams over the years.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/01749/pages/baseball.htm (283 words)

	Baseball Library (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	Looking back on 2005, 20 years from now... - Baseball Fever
		I think the majority of kids who are forced to play youth baseball by their parents will drop the game as soon as they can.
		The baseball fields are vacant and are only used for organized little league baseball.
		I played my first season of baseball when I was 13 (I'm still mad at my mom for not signing me up for baseball earlier.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=32690 (3112 words)

	Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Turtleneck misses a play at first base and is worried that he will not get a chance to play first base for his team again.
		Rutledge Books, 1985 - Baseball's Greatest Moments is filled with over two-hundred pages with the rich history of baseball.
		In his book, Winfield offers expertise in increasing your baseball skills and in becoming a better player all around.
	www.albany.edu /~dj2930/baseball.html (202 words)

	1985 Ad Baseball Digest - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Whenever an umpire is hit by a batted ball and is stationed behind the infielders, the ball remains live and in play since the umpire is considered part of the ground or (let me clear my throat) dirt!
		Welke was simply a part of the ground in baseball rules lingo.
		Rudy Law scored on the play but Greg Walker, running from first base, apparently thought the ball had gone into the left field corner and was trapped after rounding second.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_3_64/ai_n13606911 (484 words)

	Clarence Everly's Baseball Cards (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	1985 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.
		Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the 1985 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.
		The players who DO NOT have links to their Major League statistics DID NOT make it to the Major League level.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /feats/1985draft.shtml (314 words)

	1985 Topps: Classic Baseball Card Design now used by MLB.com
		That was the year that my brother and I collected the most baseball cards from our youth.
		i wouldn't say 1985 was the year we collected the most cards.
		But it would be cool if it was like a comic strip feature where each day in the newspaper in the corner was a "baseball card" that you can clip out.
	www.spudart.org /blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3479_0_3_0_C (579 words)

	This Great Game 1985: The Missouri Stakes
		But the harsh fate of the Cardinals’ otherwise superb 1985 season runs cold and deep in the veins of the city’s diehard fans, so the freeway is named after Mark McGwire, who represents a more pleasing moment in recent Cardinal history.
		The bragging rights for 1985’s prize as the best in Missouri—and in the baseball world as a whole—would be determined through a controversial series of events over the final two games of the World Series, set off by an umpire’s blown call, capitalized upon by a team specializing all year in cardinal comebacks.
		But the Royals were rescued back to prominence in 1985 thanks to the tandem of Brett and Bret: One a veteran hero who took his game to a whole new level, the other a babyfaced 21-year old catapulting his way to the top echelon of AL pitching.
	www.thisgreatgame.com /1985.html (2151 words)

	eBay – 1985, 1980-89 and Boxes, Cases items on eBay.com. Find IT on eBay.
		1985 Topps Baseball Rack Box Case Fresh Mark McGwire TP
		1985 85 Topps 6-box EMPTY rack case w/ 6 boxes
		Or add an authentic MLB baseball, basketball jersey, hockey puck or golf ball to your sports memorabilia collection.
	listings.ebay.com /1980-89_1985_W0QQsacatZ70380QQsocmdZListingItemList (549 words)

	Oklahoma School of Baseball Director - Bill Springman
		During that time, he was instrumental in leading three collegiate teams to the National Championships: the 1992 Division I National Championship at Pepperdine University, the 1987 National Championship in the prestigious Cape Cod League, and the 1985 National Baseball Congress National Championship in Wichita, Kansas.
		Following a successful stint in collegiate coaching, Springman made the transition to professional baseball, working as an area scout for the Chicago Cubs organization, then landing with the Minnesota Twins as a hitting instructor for their AAA division.
		Springman served the Twins for four years and his career culminated with a promotion to the major league team at the end of the 2000 season.
	www.oklahomaschoolofbaseball.com /director.htm (278 words)

	kenn.com > sports > baseball > mlb > 1985 mlb attendance (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You are here: kenn.com > the sports attendance database > baseball > mlb > 1985 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/1985.html (52 words)

	Diamond Mind Baseball
		In the 1985 Baseball Abstract, Bill James introduced two very important tools for predicting the future performance of baseball players.
		The second was the detailed description of his Brock2 system for projecting future performance based on past performance and the aging process (improving in the early years, peaking in the middle, and declining thereafter).
		When that season came to a premature end, the TOPPS baseball card company hired us to simulate the missing games so they could produce CyberCards with full-season stats (real life stats through August 11 and simulated stats for the rest of the season).
	www.diamond-mind.com /articles/projmeth.htm (913 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)