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  The Ultimate Barry Bonds - American History Information Guide and Reference
He holds the record for most homers in a season with 73 and is third on the career list with 703 (as of the end of the 2004 season).
Besides the home run record, he set single-season marks for bases on balls with 177 (topping Ruth's 170 in 1923) and slugging percentage with.863 (beating Ruth's.847 in 1920).
On April 12, 2004, Bonds hit his 660th home run, tying him with his godfather Willie Mays for 3rd on the all-time career home run list in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers in the Giants' home, SBC Park.
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  Top 500 home run hitters of all time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the sport of baseball, a home run is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in (see inside the park home run), that allows the batter to safely reach home and score.
The active leader, Barry Bonds, has 713 homers, but has only hit 10 since the end of the 2004 season, having missed almost all of the 2005 season due to injury.
Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 126 or more home runs, the current cutoff for the top 500.
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 History of Baseball
With both rapidly approaching Roger Maris's record of 61 home runs (set in 1961), seemingly the entire nation watched as the two power hitters raced to be the first to break the record.
In addition to the home run record, Bonds also set single-season marks for bases on balls with 177 (breaking the previous record of 170, set by Babe Ruth in 1923) and slugging percentage with.863 (breaking the mark of.847 set by Ruth in 1920).
Bonds continued his torrid home run hitting in the next few seasons, hitting his 660th career home run on April 12, 2004, tying him with his godfather Willie Mays for third on the all-time career home run list.
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 Major League Baseball - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Traditionally, when playing at home, teams wore uniforms that were mostly white with trim in team colors and when playing away, they wore uniforms that were mostly gray with trim in team colors.
In some cases, aspects of the uniform that are considered official are now rarely worn, such as the New York Mets' all-blue home cap, which is rarely seen on the field today in favor of an "alternate" fl-and-blue cap.
The 2005 contest, played in Detroit, followed this format, and it is expected that it will remain that way until MLB says otherwise, since it has become popular with fans but has upset purists over the previous format of the two leagues alternating home-field advantage every other year.
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 Home run Did You Mean home_run
In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on base), with no errors on the play that results in the batter achieving extra bases.
Home runs are among the most popular aspects of baseball, and the biggest (and best-paid) stars are often the players who hit the most of them.
A grand slam home run occurs when the bases are "loaded" (that is, there are base runners standing at first, second, and third base) and the batter hits a home run.
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 Home run - BaseballWiki - a Wikia wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on base), with no errors on the play that results in the batter achieving extra bases.
Home runs are among the most popular aspects of baseball, and the biggest (and best-paid) stars are often the players who hit the most of them.
Other legendary home run hitters include Ted Williams, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Mickey Mantle (who hit what is considered the longest home run ever at an estimated distance of 643 feet on September 10, 1960), Reggie Jackson, Josh Gibson, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews and all the members of Major League Baseball's 500 home run club.
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 Home Runs All Time Leaders by Baseball Almanac
Listed below are the one-hundred greatest lifetime long ball hitters that made it their career terrorizing pitchers whenever they stepped up to the plate.
From 1899 through 1917 Sam Crawford, the all time triples leader, set the Major League record for most in-the-park home runs with an amazing career total of fifty-one (51).
On May 13, 1942, Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves became the first pitcher in Major League history to hit three (3) home runs during a single game.
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 Osho, Bhagwan Rajneesh, and the Lost Truth
Ma Anand Sheela's headquarters, a group of mobile homes pieced together, was a hive of secret doors and hidden tunnels, her private room a command post with electronic listening gear tapped into every room in the development.
Rajneesh never understood this truth of history and referred to democracy scornfully as "mob-ocracy." Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was an imperial aristocrat, never a generous and open minded democrat, and he put his contempt for the democratic process into highly visible action in Oregon.
Through it all, the good, the bad, and the horrific, Rajneesh's vibrations were always powerful and positive.
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 Lorenz on Leadership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Leaders can assure their people’s well-being (a major ingredient of mission accomplishment) by knowing how they feel and how they are doing.
Leaders Should Not Lose Their Temper—Unless They Plan To To navigate the necessary course of action and ensure mission accomplishment, a leader must be willing to use more than one approach.
In order for a leader’s set of principles to be effective, they should be based on a foundation—such as the ideals embodied in the Air Force’s core values—and they must reflect who that leader is! It is never too early or never too late to write down a set of personal leadership principles.
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 Site Contents at the free Online Encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
List of items for which possession is restricted
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List of lifetime home run leaders through history
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 Hank Aaron Summary
Exactly one month later, on July 21, Aaron appeared on the television show "Home Run Derby," and had a record-setting stint on the show, earning a record $13,000 his time on the show, which included a most-ever 6 consecutive wins before he was defeated by Wally Post.
The greatest home run hitter slugged two homers off the great strikeout pitcher, Nolan Ryan, the first of which was on May 21, 1971, in Shea Stadium.
His home run on June 10 was also his 14th grand slam, tying him with Willie McCovey and Gil Hodges for the National League record.
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 Consumer Home League National Page
List of lifetime home run leaders through history - The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball.
This includes any home runs hit by a player in the National League (1876-present), the American Association (1882-1891), the Union Association (1884), the Players League (1890), the American League (1901-present), and the Federal League (1914-1915).
The first ground was home to the Cleveland Blues of the National League from 1879 to 1884.
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 The Official Site of The Baltimore Orioles: History: Orioles Retired Numbers
His election to baseball's Hall of Fame (his first year of eligibility in 1983) was cemented with his performance against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1970 World Series, when he was named MVP and earned the nickname "Hoover" (as in vacuum cleaners) for his play in the field.
He is 12th on the all-time list of games played, 4th in the AL and 5th in games played with one franchise.
He hit 586 home runs, 6th on the all-time list.He spent 19 seasons with the Orioles as a player, coach (’79-’80 and ’85-’87), manager (’88- ’91) and assistant general manager (’91-’95).
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 Major League Baseball - BaseballWiki - a Wikia wiki
Shortened seasons were played in 1918 due to the outbreak of World War I, and in 1972, 1981, 1994 and 1995 due to player strikes and lockouts.
The MLB Draft is among the least followed of the professional sports drafts in the United States.
Through the 2005 season, the AL has won all three contests with this rule.
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 SAINT CATHERINE LABOURE OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
At home she quietly began the practice of slipping away from the others to some out-of-the-way corner of the house, there to keep her numerous appointments with God.
Zoe, of course, was ever the leader, ever the elder sister, and she kept a weather eye open for the least impropriety or defection in Tonine.
She was spared the lot of most newcomers to the religious life, the unreasoning panic, the sudden longing for home and familiar faces, the agonizing doubt as to whether she had made a mistake in coming.
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 History of baseball
The simplicity of the game means that many variants grew from "stick ball", a child's game revolving around hitting a ball with stick which has been long known, through rounders and a number of other early stick-ball-and-bases games, such as rounders and town ball.
As a consequence, home runs were rare, and the "inside game" dominated -- singles, bunts, stolen bases, the hit-and-run play, and other tactics dominated the strategies of the time.
Large stadiums dedicated to the game were built for many of the larger clubs or existing grounds enlarged, including Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds in Brooklyn and New York, Boston's Fenway Park along with Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park in Chicago.
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 Major League Baseball -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The 2002 contest ended in an 11-inning tie because both teams were out of pitchers, a result which proved highly unpopular with the fans.
The 2005 contest, played in Detroit, followed this format, and it is expected that it will remain that way until the MLB says otherwise, since it has become popular with fans but has upset purists over the previous format of the two leagues alternating home-field advantage every other year.
Through the 2005 season, the AL has won all three contests with this rule.
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 Major League Baseball
In 1969, the centennial of professional baseball, a commission chartered by Major League Baseball identified the following leagues as "major leagues".
The list is sometimes disputed by baseball researchers.
Some researchers contend that the National Association[?] (1871-1875), the Negro Leagues (primarily during the years from 1921-1946), and the first year of the American League (1900) deserve consideration as major leagues due to the caliber of player and the level of play exhibited.
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 The Ultimate Major League Baseball Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
After the 2002 contest ended in a 11-innning tie because both teams were out of players, a result which proved highly unpopular with the fans, it was decided to give the game more impact on the regular season.
In 2003 and 2004, the league which won the game received the benefit of home-field advantage (four of the seven games of that year's World Series taking place at their home park).
† In 2002, Major League Baseball, through a subsidiary (Baseball Expos, L.P.), acquired the National League's Montreal Expos franchise with the intent of ceasing its operations.
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 Major_League_Baseball Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Before this, home uniforms in MLB were uniformly white with colored trim, while road uniforms were uniformly gray; afterwards many teams displayed a variety of color schemes, notably the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres.
The Chicago Cubs did not have names on their home or alternate jerseys for the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
Consumer devices that enable television subscribers to transmit their home television feed outside their host area to a remote location over the internet, a practice called placeshifting, have drawn the ire of MLB.
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 ipedia.com: Home run Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra...
Other legendary home run hitters include Ted Williams, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Josh Gibson, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews and Sadaharu Oh, and all the members of Major League Baseball's, 500 home run club.
MLB players who have hit 3 home runs in consecutive innings
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 CNN.com - Freshmen know 'bling bling,' not Paul Newman - Sep. 3, 2003
By the time Westmoreland was born, the list informs us, Russian leaders had already taken to looking like leaders everywhere else and a test could screen for AIDS.
He said it's not surprising that even those in their 20s feel old reading the list, since the pace of cultural change is swift these days.
The list also highlights expressions that have grown up along with the freshmen: "bling bling" (flashy jewelry) and "dissing" (treating with disrespect).
www.cnn.com /2003/EDUCATION/09/03/sprj.sch.mindset.list.ap/index.html   (548 words)

  
 PaulKatcher.com: Sosa Bigger Than Mantle? You Cannot Be Serious
Maybe it was when Derek Jeter was ranked the third-most overrated current athlete, citing his high salary (which admittedly is the highest for a four-time World Series champ who is also a merchandising and branding dream).
Sosa hit.182 with no home runs or RBIs in his only playoff series appearance, a three-game sweep by the Braves in 1998.
Mantle was the man, and he got his home runs at a time when it actually meant something to hit home runs (i.e.
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 Left of Centrist: Where Have All the Leaders Gone?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A leader has to be a problem solver, and the biggest problems we face as a nation seem to be on the back burner.
We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country.
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem.
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 Yuri's Night 2007 | Home
We are a pioneer in advancing the science and practice of urban forestry and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.
The agreement with Virgin Galactic was negotiated through NASA’s Space Portal, a newly formed organization in the NASA Research Park at Ames, which seeks to engage new opportunities for NASA to promote the development of the commercial space economy.
We are running a survey to find out what is the youth visions for the next 50 years of space.
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 Life Time Fitness - Your answer to a healthy way of life
Like a painter repeatedly drawn back to work on a canvas, a dream-motivated person sees all his or her daily achievements (even mundane ones) as contributing to a larger effort that expresses his or her very essence.
In fact, most of history’s great accomplishments are the expressions of individual or collective dreams for something better — something that had not as yet been done, but which a person (or a group of people) believed could be.
Instead of coming up with a list of reasons you can’t have your dream, ditch what Wieder calls the “doubter voice” and recast your aspirations in a more positive light.
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