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	Chicago White Sox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not until 1959 did the team pass out of the family (thanks in part to feud between Dorothy and her brother Chuck) to a new ownership group, led by Bill Veeck, who had previously run both the Cleveland Indians and the St.
		The last time four consecutive complete games had been pitched in a championship series was in the 1956 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, and the 1928 Yankees were the last team to win four consecutive complete games in a championship series.
		With the Sox down 4-2 in the seventh with two outs and two runners on base, the home plate umpire ruled that Jermaine Dye had been hit by a pitch, while the Astros argued (and TV replays confirmed) that the ball had actually hit the bat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_White_Sox (10620 words)

	The Baseball Guru - JAPAN’S TOP PLAYERS by Jim Albright
		He started out as a second baseman, was shuttled between first and third during his peak years, and ended his career as a first baseman.
		He was known as the "Little Big Batter" because of his size (5 feet 6 inches tall, 165 pounds) and his high batting averages,.319 for his career, second best in NPB history for hitters with over 4000 AB.
		He won a batting title and a homer title (with 4 homers) in the 1937 Spring season, and won the triples title in the 1937 Fall season.
	www.baseballguru.com /jalbright/analysisjalbright01.html (9958 words)

	Baseball Toaster : Dodger Thoughts : August 2004
		Out of seven September 1 leads of more than two games, the Dodgers have successfully closed out six.
		He pointed out that unlike Scully, it’s not really an option for him to cut back, explaining that it would require the Dodgers paying a fourth announcer in a cost-cutting era.
		The rest were either in the strike zone, a good mixture of fastballs and changeups, or just outside - pitches designed to tantalize a hitter without allowing him to do serious damage.
	dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com /archives/2004_08.html (15648 words)

	Chicago Cubs @ Bare Baseball - Baseball MLB Blog: November 2005
		Tony Gwynn, who won eight batting titles in a 20-year career and finished with a.338 career average, won the NL crown in 1988 with a.313 average.
		I know Sammy Sosa had a little bit of a falling out at the end of his career with the Cubs, but, let's face it, he gave the team 12 great seasons out of the 12 1/2 he was here.
		The idea that an entire community, or a school, should instead be barred from having an occasional celebration of a major religious holiday that reflects the predominant culture of the community, i.e., Christmas, because some child in the school or person in the community might feel bad is silly.
	chicagocubs.barebaseball.com /2005_11_01_archive.html (17766 words)

	Only Baseball Matters
		It is still a little bit early to count them out due to their big two, but it really does not look like their year.
		Turns out it was as simple as his left eye drying out under his contact lense, something most contact users suffer from occasionally.
		The Braves are relying more heavily on offense than at any time in their record run of 11 consecutive division titles, leading the league in runs scored (315) while allowing a pedestrian 253 runs.
	www.onlybaseballmatters.com /a/2003_06.html (4390 words)

	The Baseball Analysts: April 2005 Archives
		Turns out that Kaat, the pitcher with "not enough stuff to pitch in the big leagues" pitched 25 years in the big leagues.
		Smith edged out Aaron Rodgers on the San Francisco board, and while Rodgers then saw his stock drop considerably, the two were on equal footing in the past few weeks.
		The Dodgers closed out a home stand at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night, flew to Albuquerque on Thursday afternoon for an exhibition game against their Texas League AA affiliate on their way to a 10-game road trip beginning in St. Louis on Friday night, July 30.
	www.baseballanalysts.com /archives/2005/04/index.php (13155 words)

	ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - June Archives
		Plate discipline means not swinging at pitches out of the strike zone, or even pitches that might be out of the strike zone.
		Ruth was modified by taking away 10 outs, changing him from a.378 hitter (204 for 540) to a.385 hitter (204 for 530), with proportional increases in his on-base and slugging averages.
		Most batters -- that is, those without the gauntlet -- would have thrown their hands up and over the plate while moving their chest backwards, forming something of a C.
	espn.go.com /mlb/s/2000/0607/572431.html (17860 words)

	WasWatching.com: December 2005 Archives
		The total number of batters reaching base against a pitcher divided by the number of innings pitched and multiplied by nine.
		Since data is available to account for all outs made, it is appropriate to use 27 outs as the context.
		Or, in other words, in one out of every five plate appearances by a Yankee last year, an inferior batter was at the plate.
	www.waswatching.com /archives/2005/12/index.html (18003 words)

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