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  World Almanac for Kids
Baseball is played by amateurs of all ages, including numerous sandlot clubs and athletic associations, virtually every high school and college in the U.S., and scores of junior leagues.
Most early variations of baseball were played on a square field, with stakes at the corners serving as stations and a striker’s box situated about midway between the first and fourth stations.
Much controversy surrounded baseball’s reserve clause, which bound a player to one team until the player retired or was traded; if a player’s contract expired, and no new agreement was reached, the clause allowed the team to renew the contract annually.
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 Arizona Rangers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arizona Rangers was a law enforcement agency in Arizona, modeled on the Texas Ranger Division, created by the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1901.
The first Captain of the Arizona Rangers was Burton C. Mossman of Bisbee, Arizona who had previously as manager of the 2 million acre (8,000 km²) Aztec Land and Cattle Co,, also called the "Hash Knife outfit", in northern Arizona near Holbrook and Winslow had some success in controlling rustling of his company's cattle.
Badges of the Arizona Rangers which are described as being of solid silver, lettered in blue enamel with engravings etched in blue, are a valuable collectable.
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 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for MLB Baseball, NFL Football, NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, NCAA Football, NCAA ...
The Rangers added CF Kenny Lofton, hoping to add defense and speed to the top of the lineup.
In addition to his physical talents, the Rangers like his winning pedigree and hope he adds swagger and confidence to their clubhouse.
The Rangers added Lofton, hoping to land a center fielder who can add defense and speed to the top of the lineup.
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 Arizona Rangers (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are a rookie league team in the Arizona League and have been a farm team of the Texas Rangers since 2005.
The Rangers play home games at Surprise Stadium, which is also the spring training home of the parent club.
There were also Arizona Rangers, an agency modeled after the Texas Rangers, which operated in Arizona Territory from 1901 to 1909.
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 Rangers Tickets - Texas Rangers Baseball Tickets
While the Rangers posted only a handful of winning seasons, they managed to finish in the top four most of the time, and flirted with the division championship regularly.
Ryan finished his spectacular baseball career with the Rangers, setting records that may well never be broken, at least not by just one pitcher.
Fans of the Rangers hope that their best players aren’t in the history books, but that the team will revitalize with new talent and get ever closer to that dream of a Rangers World Series title.
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 IF YOU LIKE BASEBALL HERS THE PAGE FOR YOU
Roger Clemens switched baseball teams and started playing for the Toronto Blue Jays and in 1999 he switched again to play for the New York Yankees.
To be nominated for membership, players must be retired from baseball for at least 5 years.
If you would like to write to the Baseball Hall of Fame there address is Po Box 590, Cooperstown, NY 13326 and the phone # is (607)574-7200 and the tool free # is (888)425-5633 and the web site is www.baseballhalloffame.org.
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 Texas Rangers (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In the 2003 season, the Rangers finished in last place for the fourth straight year, and after a post-season fallout between Rodriguez and team management, the then-reigning AL MVP and new Rangers captain, Alex Rodriguez, was traded to the New York Yankees for Alfonso Soriano and Joaquin Arias.
On October 4, 2005, the Rangers announced that John Hart was stepping aside as general manager of the franchise, and that Jon Daniels was being promoted from assistant general manager to general manager.
Rangers shortstop Michael Young was named the MVP of the 2006 All-Star game, played on July 11 in Pittsburgh, for his game-winning two-run triple in the ninth.
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 Ranger (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Ranger may mean a keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law ("range" meaning "travel around an area").
Ranger (suite of software products), is a suite of software products designed for the education sector.
Ranger (Transformers) is an Autobot character from the Transformers fictional series.
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 Baseball Prospectus | Articles | Baseball Prospectus Basics: Introduction
If you're not familiar with Baseball Prospectus, here's what we're all about: understanding the game better, and innovating in order to do it.
Everyone at BP loves the game of baseball with a passion that most people just don't understand.
As part of the Baseball Prospectus Basics series, BP's Clay Davenport will take you through the steps we take to adjust for ballpark effects, as well as the effects of hitting and pitching in different eras of major league history.
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 Open Directory - Sports: Baseball: News and Media
Baseball Blogs - Features many weblogs devoted to individual teams, multiple teams, or the sport as a whole.
Baseball Think Factory - A collection of essays on baseball's economics and sabermetrics, along with the Baseball Newstand, and a collection of links to baseball media and columnists.
CBS SportsLine Baseball - Includes basic baseball news, statistics, and stories as well team reports which are updated during the off-season.
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 Baseball @ www.scout.com
This is the place to join other baseball fans from across the Scout.com network to talk about the Major Leagues.
Talk about the minor leagues and future stars of baseball from the minors and college to leagues abroad...
Baseball fans talk about everything but sports and get to know each other better around our virtual barbeque...
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 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Baseball
Hot as that century-old bidding war between Boston and New York is at the moment, Roger Clemens might be tempted to pitch until he's 50.
HOUSTON -- Jeff Bagwell, the face of Houston baseball for a generation with teammate Craig Biggio, will retire today after 15 years with the team.
Injuries - AL Injuries - NL Updated for 2005 Waivers, arbitration, unconditional release, the amateur draft -- all the key dates on the baseball calendar are here in one file...
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Baseball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Baseball players ratified their new labor contract, one of the final steps toward completing an agreement that runs through the 2011 season.
Davis to Arizona, Estrada to Milwaukee in 6-player deal: The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired left-hander Doug Davis from Milwaukee on Saturday in a six-player deal that sent catcher Johnny Estrada to the Brewers.
Baseball players and owners plan to stage the second edition of the World Baseball Classic in 2009.
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 [an error occurred while processing this directive] | SportsDay: Baseball: Rangers (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
CLEVELAND – The Rangers walked themselves right into a 7-6 loss in Cleveland.
But a diving catch by Grady Sizemore in center field to save a few runs and a sliding Mark Teixeira getting called out at home plate on a close call were big plays as well.
The Rangers tried to make a late charge, getting an eighth-inning home run from Kevin Mench and an RBI double from Teixeira in the ninth.
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 [an error occurred while processing this directive] | SportsDay: Baseball: Rangers (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Texas Rangers placed right-hander Antonio Alfonseca on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 10) with a sore right elbow.
Tejeda will be the Rangers starter for Friday's game against Houston.
Alfonseca is 0-0, 4.80 in 17 appearances for the Rangers this season.
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 Texas Rangers | MLB Baseball at CBS SportsLine.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Rangers, as always, need pitching, and it's a tough year to be trying to build an entire pitching staff.
The loss Sunday meant the Rangers still have never finished a season with a.500 record.
The Rangers have offered the lefty a contract, but the pitcher likely will visit other teams before making a decision.
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Be there and catch the all of the intensity of the longest-running rivalry in MLB when the American League Red Sox and Yankees go head-to-head.
Thought of as America’s national past time, baseball brings together people from generations through the rich history of the sport and through the rivalries throughout the American and National Leagues.
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 Baseball Crank: FOOTBALL: The Arizona Rangers?
One more thought on the Pat Tillman story: the Arizona Cardinals, Tillman's former team, have announced plans to name a plaza outside their new stadium in his honor, which is a nice gesture.
Call them the Arizona Rangers, in honor of Tillman's unit in the Army and their sacrifices over many generations, most famously in scaling the cliffs at Normandy on D-Day but in many other deadly engagements.
The mounted lawmen of Arizona who were a big factor in bringing law and order to Arizona after the civil war to after the turn of the century.
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 Open Directory - Sports: Baseball: Major League: Teams
Baseball Almanac - Offers team histories, statistics, uniform numbers, rosters, schedules, record books and award winners.
Baseball Hall of Fame - Includes a list of notable artifacts, statistics, hall of fame player information and record holders for each team.
Baseball Library - Presents general information about each team that includes history, chronology and alumni profiles.
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 ESPN.com: Texas Rangers Clubhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Devil Rays shifted their three-game series against the Rangers from St. Petersburg to Kissimmee in a move that will see regular-season games played in the Orlando area for the first time.
A roundup of the players who became free agents when they weren't offered contracts by their teams before Tuesday night's deadline.
Reliever Eric Gagne and the Texas Rangers reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday on a one-year contract worth about $6 million.
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 Phoenix Arizona CVB : Cactus League Spring Training
Seven local stadiums host the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics and Angels Baseball Club, as well as the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres.
The Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and Colorado Rockies play their home games in Tucson, and appear frequently in Greater Phoenix.
The Greater Phoenix Arizona Convention and Visitors Bureau is your local source for Arizona travel and vacation information including Phoenix hotels, Phoenix golf, convention and meeting planning, attractions, culture and more.
www.visitphoenix.com /cvb/cactus_league_baseball.html   (844 words)

  
 Baseball America - 2003 Arizona Fall League Central
BaseballAmerica.com is your best destination for all the stats, boxscores and stories from elite winter league for prospect watchers.
Arizona shortstop Sergio Santos continues to prove his doubters wrong
Rangers 1b Adrian Gonzalez is finally healthy in Arizona
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 Diamondbacks Tickets - Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Tickets
The Arizona Diamondbacks began playing as a Major League expansion team in 1998, and the team has proven itself as a force to be reckoned with in its short existence.
One of the most beloved players, a huge draw for fans buying baseball tickets, was pitcher Randy Johnson.
Known as “The Big Unit”, the 6’10” southpaw was a unique phenomenon who once threw a ball so hard, it blasted apart a bird that happened to fly between Johnson and the batter at just the wrong moment.
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 Arizona Rangers - The Baseball Cube   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Baseball - Arizona Real Estate - Buyer's Guide
The ACA is a non-profit association that has been formed to encourage and support the playing of cricket in Arizona.
There are five different grounds in Phoenix and on one in Tucson and the playing season in Arizona starts in September and ends in April.
Games are played as part of the Arizona Cricket League and Team and Association sponsors are always welcome and can expect to receive a variety of benefits.
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 Arizona Lottery - Information (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Texas Rangers, Cactus League Spring Training - Arizona Baseball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It's no surprise there will be great baseball at the new Surprise Stadium; home to the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers teams during Cactus League season play.
The Texas Rangers will face other teams that train in Arizona, including the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago White Sox.
Texas Rangers spring training game tickets will be available at Surprise Stadium box office or through Ticketmaster, 480-784-4444.
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 The Fantasy Baseball Central Electronic Draft Day Guide 2006!
The 2006 baseball season has started and Fantasy Baseball Central is working with RotoWire.com to present this season's draft kit.
Fantasy Baseball Draft Sofware - All the data above is included in a Microsoft Excel application you can take to your draft if you subscribe for six months or longer (including the MLB Special).
RotoWire's Fantasy Baseball Draft Software allows you to input the results of your draft as it happens and make adjustments to your strategy on the fly.
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 National Baseball Hall of Fame - Teams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Teams and the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Historical facts of baseball in that team's city or state
Retired uniform numbers for the team (please note that every team has retired #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson but that number is not listed on every team's retired list)
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 Texas Rangers baseball tickets
We are an independent ticket agency that buys and sells Rangers tickets on the secondary market.
Rangers tickets are sold at market prices, not the price printed on the ticket.
All Rangers ticket orders are shipped via FedEx, with a signature requirement.
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