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	Baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baseball is played between two teams of nine players each on a baseball field, under the authority of one or more officials, called umpires.
		Baseball's history is full of heroes and goats—men who in the heat of the moment (the "clutch") distinguished themselves with a timely hit or catch, or an untimely strikeout or error.
		Baseball is most popular in East Asia and the Americas, although in South America its popularity is mainly limited to the northern portion of the continent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball (10038 words)

	baseball: History
		Baseball developed from variations of the English game of rounders, from related regional and local games, and from children's games like “one old cat,” all of which had evolved through centuries.
		Integration became a fact of baseball life so quickly that by the mid-1950s there were more African-American players on major league teams than there had been in the Negro leagues at their height of popularity just a decade earlier.
		The Major League Baseball Players' Association, formed in 1966, pushed for an end to the reserve clause, a contractual stipulation that bound a player to one club unless he was traded, released, or retired.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sports/A0856863.html (951 words)

	Baseball.mu » Learn the interesting facts pertaining to baseball history. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Baseball is believed to have evolved from a combination of different games of yore and English influences are not denied.
		Initially baseball was played in America in the early 1800s with rules changing with the locality where it was being played.
		The history of baseball as most people know it dates back to the first recorded baseball game which was played in 1845 in New Jersey.
	www.baseball.mu /?page_id=8 (477 words)

	Baseball History
		Major League Baseball History On September 8, 1998 at 8:18 pm CT, in the bottom of the fourth inning,Mark David McGwire hit the first pitch delivered to him off of Steve Trachsel 341 feet over the left field wall.
		Baseball In The 19th Century Baseball is North America's oldest and most storied professional team sport.
		The Baseball Reliquary Inc. - Home The Baseball Reliquary is a nonprofit, educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its interaction with American culture by the preservation and
	www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu /depts/edu/textbooks/baseballhistory.html (599 words)

	Baseball History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He wrote a rebuttal in the 1905 Baseball Guide and proposed that a commission should be formed to investigate the origins of baseball.
		Despite the myth that baseball sprang full-blown from the mind of Abner Doubleday in 1839, a game called baseball was around more than a hundred years earlier.
		Baseball attendance in the A.L. and N.L. dropped to around 5 million per year in 1914 and 1915 when the well financed Federal League burst onto the scene.
	baseballguru.freehosting.net /history.html (5076 words)

	Baseball Almanac - The Official Baseball History Site
		Baseball Almanac has dedicated itself to preserving the history of our national pastime and has rapidly grown into an interactive baseball encyclopedia filled with more than one-hundred ten thousand (110,000+) pages of in-depth baseball facts, original baseball research and baseball statistics not found anywhere on the Internet.
		"Definitive, vast in its reach and scope, Baseball Almanac is a mother lode of facts, figures, anecdotes, quotations and essays focused on the national pastime.
		Baseball Almanac has MORE than 110,000 pages of baseball history, MORE than 330,000 fast facts, original research from recognized experts AND material not found or seen on any other web site in the world.
	baseball-almanac.com (409 words)

	Baseball As America
		This unprecedented four—year program, organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in association with 10 of the nation's leading museums, is a once-in-a-lifetime venture that only the Hall of Fame is capable of creating.
		Baseball As America, a blockbuster exhibition, marks the first time the treasures of the Hall of Fame will leave their legendary home in Cooperstown to tour the country.
		Baseball As America also examines how the American landscape, our language, literature, movies, and summertime living all bear the mark of a 19th-century game that continues to be identified with our nation's values and aspirations.
	www.baseballasamerica.org (390 words)

	Baseball History
		In fact, baseball had pole-time competition ahead 1903, but the concept of having National and American league pennants arrive about in 1903, and were formally given the title, the universe Series.
		Baseball was professional and it was a business and similar all other businesses, it suffered due to the financial hardships it faced (84).
		Finally, televised baseball presented families a cheap replacement for sitting in the stands time they stayed in their living rooms and accepted in an afternoon of baseball.
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	Baseball Almanac - World Series : A Comprehensive History of the World Series
		Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseball's World Series; a best of seven contest that celebrates our national pastime.
		Suddenly, baseball found itself engaged in a "civil war" as both rival leagues competed separately for the fan's loyalty and attention.
		Pittsburgh and Boston went head-to-head for eight games proving that great baseball between the two leagues was possible and that a merger would benefit the growth of the sport.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /ws/wsmenu.shtml (836 words)

	Baseball History: 19th Century Baseball
		Referred to as "America's Pastime" since 1856, Baseball today is played by men and women of all ages and skill levels all around the world.
		Contrary to popular belief, Baseball was not invented by a single individual, but evolved from various European "bat and ball" games.
		If the batsman makes contact with the ball, he runs to the opposite side of the "pitch" and continues running back and forth until the ball is retrieved by the opposing team.
	www.19cbaseball.com (419 words)

	JBall -- Japanese baseball history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Primarily used as a "teaching" tool, baseball during those early years was played rigidly, as if it were a martial art through which players strengthened themselves physically and mentally.
		Although professional baseball was suspended in 1945 because of the war, the league resumed play in 1946 with two new teams, the Senators (no relation to the earlier franchise) and Goldstar.
		After the baseball commissioner ruled the Giants' move illegal, the Kyojin threatened to withdraw from the Central League and form their own baseball circuit.
	ww1.baywell.ne.jp /fpweb/drlatham/history/history.htm (1210 words)

	BASEBALL HISTORY \| BABE RUTH
		Baseball was institutionalized and further developed by the National Association in 1858.
		Baseball is almost certainly related to cricket and rounders, but exactly how, or how closely, has not been established.
		The theory that baseball is derived from cricket is difficult to document, although it is certainly true that modern cricket is considerably older than modern baseball.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sport/baseball.htm (2802 words)

	baseball history Baseball History at the National Baseball Hall of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Baseball was seen as a bridge between which operated as the last fl major league Of The Best Only 27 Negro League players on steroids.
		Baseball players were a commodity, like Page 2 readers pick best baseball flicks American League Category:Years in baseball teams and white teams played each other, and 1994 baseball strike Third-generation Sansei eroded the social need for baseball the first season in 1902.
		It was this scandals and woes, Baseball remains synonymous with the Professionalism and the rise of the major leagues a baseball team, and segregated ethnic leagues flourished Tyson, a former Negro League player.
	baseball-history.sport-world.biz (1161 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball History
		Alexander Cartwright published a set of baseball rules for the Knickerbocker Club of New York, and his rules were widely adopted.
		Negro Americans played baseball throughout the 1800’s, and by the 1860’s notable fl amateur teams such as the Colored Union Club, in Brooklyn and the Pythian Club, in Philadelphia had formed.
		As a result of his leadership role in the early years of the leagues, Foster is known as "the father of fl baseball." This first league was known as the Negro National League with member teams in the South and Midwest.
	www.nlbpa.com /history.html (808 words)

	Baseball History
		I bet you know a lot of baseball history today, but you probably don't know about when baseball first started.
		The first form of baseball was called " Rounders." Rounders was played by kids who threw the ball at each other, and they would try not to get hit while running to a base.
		Players are making millions of dollars but at one time baseball players went on strike because they were not getting paid enough.
	www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us /~mcurran/student1/Baseball (538 words)

	Baseball History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The use of baseball gloves gained general acceptance and new standards for the design of balls and bats were adopted.
		In 1939 the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was opened in Cooperstown, New York, to display baseball memorabilia and honor the game’s greatest players.
		Baseball suffered during World War II (1939-1945), as hundreds of major league players were called to military service.
	www.pitt.edu /~deinj37/page1.html (2963 words)

	Amazon.com: Baseball: An Illustrated History: Books: Geoffrey C. Ward,Ken Burns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the case of "Baseball," the unrelenting focus is on New York City, Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, and to be fair, there is no way you could discuss the subject of baseball without devoting a great deal of time to these subjects.
		In any case, "Baseball" is very entertaining, and that is what largely accounts for my 4-star rating I would only caution those who don't know their baseball history that this documentary omits a great deal of what is a very good story.
		In the 20's, it seems to be common consensus that Ruth "saved baseball" from the Black SOX scandal; coupled with his being the most colorful and famous character in baseball history, it seems logical to make Ruth a focal point.
	www.amazon.com /Baseball-Illustrated-Geoffrey-C-Ward/dp/0679765417 (3748 words)

	Negro League Baseball Dot Com - The Online Home of Negro League Baseball History
		The Negro League-Cuban League baseball connection was a very important factor in the development of the game in both countries, and we can think of no better repository of the history than the recollections of Monte Irvin and Connie Marrero.
		With fan interest in Negro League baseball history reaching higher and higher levels during the past few years, it is good to see some attention being focused on Cuba--a home away from home for many Negro League stars in the pre-Castro years.
		As the National Baseball Hall of Fame considers the nominations of 39 additional Negro League candidates for induction into baseball's shrine, the North Carolina community fondly remembers it's own Hall of Famer.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com (1083 words)

	Baseball! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Read all about baseball with these links to articles about baseball history, fun facts, world records, player information, and much more.
		The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates the history of baseball and its greatest players.
		Read about the history and science of a curveball, knuckleball, and the aerodynamics of other sports equipment such as boomerangs, Frisbees, and race cars.
	skokie.lib.il.us /s_kids/kd_read/kd_displays/kd_dsp_2004/Baseball.html (753 words)

	The Baseball Chronology \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The Baseball Chronology, compiled by James Charlton and an army of fifty researchers, remains the definitive chronicle of every important event throughout baseball history.
		From the first recorded game in 1845, through the establishment of professional teams in the 1860s and leagues in the 1870s, the 19th century was baseball's formative period in which the basic rules and structures of the game gradually assumed the form we know today.
		Runs were scarce during the first two decades of 20th-century baseball as pitchers like Cy Young, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson dominated the action.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/chronology (973 words)

	Baseball History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The baseball program is the elite in the Sun Belt Conference, and over the years has established itself as one of the nation's top programs.
		Twice in school history, the team has achieved a number one regular season ranking.
		With several former players climbing the steps to big league baseball, South Alabama has not only established itself as one of the nation's premiere programs, it has also become a launching pad to the professional baseball ranks.
	www.southalabama.edu /athletics/baseball/history.shtml (251 words)

	baseball: History
		Northern sandlots: a social history of Maritime baseball.
		Shutout: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston.(Red Sox Century: 100 Years of Red Sox Baseball)(Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie......
		Black Baseball: A History of African Americans and the National Game.(Book Review)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sports/A0856863.html (1020 words)

	Baseball History
		Most baseball bloggers seem to be concerned with the here and now as opposed to the rich past of the game.
		Ritter was quite the renaissance man. He wrote a very popular money and banking textbook as well as numerous works on baseball.
		In memory of Ritter here is what he considered the essential baseball library.
	baseballhistory.blogspot.com (1717 words)

	baseball history information.
		National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, Baseball...
		Baseball History at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
		Baseball bat history - A full overview of the history of baseball...
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	The Baseball Archive
		It's the most complete set of baseball data available anywhere, with full statistics from 1871-2005.
		Pete Rose has publicly admitted to what we all knew; that he bet on baseball while serving as manager of the Reds.
		Sean Lahman, who has frequently written on the case, checked in with his thoughts on the day Rose confessed and what it means both for him and for baseball.
	www.baseball1.com (259 words)

	Major League Baseball : History : Explore MLB.com's History Coverage
		You can hear baseball radio legends call baseball history as it happens and watch complete games or jump to any half-inning.
		Saying goodbye to baseball legends, including broadcasters like Jack Buck and Bob Murphy, and paying respect to the people who make the game a great spectacle.
		Since baseball's beginnings in the mid-19th century, the governance of the game has evolved to a central figure with considerable powers called the Commissioner.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/index.jsp (624 words)

	Walter O'Malley : Official Website
		O’Malley is widely regarded as a pioneer in baseball for the westward expansion of the game, moving the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles prior to the 1958 season and for designing, building and privately financing Dodger Stadium which opened on April 10, 1962.
		Most Influential People "off the field" in sports history as voted by the Sports Century panel.
		Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved.
	www.walteromalley.com (138 words)

	BASEBALL-LINKS.COM: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Baseball Almanac has more than 24,000 pages of baseball records, statistics, quotations, legendary lists, fabulous feats, autographs, box scores, famous firsts, ballparks, and awards.
		Add unique sections like baseball humor, poetry, scoring, and rules and you have an almanac full of baseball history!
		NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture
	www.baseball-links.com /links/History (121 words)

	Black Baseball's Negro Baseball Leagues, the most comprensive resource on the web for Negro Baseball Leagues Information
		This website is dedicated to the generation of ballplayers who were denied the opportunity to play in the major leagues because of factors other than their ability to play the game of baseball.
		his is a fond farewell to baseball's barnstorming tradition and its greatest proponent, Syd Pollock of the Indianapolis Clowns.
		Writing with humor and affection, Pollock places the reader on the field, on the buses, and in the stands watching the riotous Indianapolis Clowns perform their magic as ballplayers and entertainers par excellence."
	www.blackbaseball.com (152 words)

	Baseball Resources - Baseball History
		A comprehensive site on the history of baseball and current vintage base ball teams, especially the Ohio Village Muffins and Diamonds programs.
		advertise here Baseball History A look at the history of baseball and other stuff through the astigmatic eye of Jon Daly Thursday, November 13, 2003 Musings Of A Rookie Mailman ...
		Home for Scoresheet Baseball & history of the Western Canada Baseball...
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