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	Major League Baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world.
		Major League Baseball is governed by the Major League Constitution, an agreement that has undergone several incarnations since 1920, with the most recent revisions being made in 2001.
		Major League Baseball, under the direction of its Commissioner, Bud Selig, hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Major_League_Baseball (1891 words)

	Minor league baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All the leagues are operated as independent businesses, but all of the best-known leagues are members of Minor League Baseball, an umbrella organization for leagues that have agreements to operate as affiliates of Major League Baseball.
		Only 25 of the players on the major league 40 Man Roster play for the major league baseball club, except from September 1 to the end of the regular season, when all major-league teams are allowed to expand their gameday rosters to 40 players.
		Leagues in the NA would not be truly called "minor" until Branch Rickey developed the first modern "farm system" in the 1930s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minor_league_baseball (3399 words)

	Encyclopedia: Major League Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Federal League was an attempt to establish a third major league in baseball in the United States.
		Major League Baseball transactions are changes made to the roster of a major league team during or after the season.
		Major League Baseball In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Major-League-Baseball (7364 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Major Leagues Reveal Stricter Drug Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Major League Baseball will randomly drug test players year round and expand the number of banned substances to include human growth hormone THG, diuretics and steroids, the organization said Thursday.
		NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball will randomly drug test players year round and expand the number of banned substances to include human growth hormone THG, diuretics and steroids, the organization said Thursday.
		Under the new policy, which was agreed to by the players' union and similar to the one adopted by the minor leagues in 2001, players will be randomly tested year round and punitive sanctions for positive tests will be increased.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/01/13/mlb_expected_to_announce_tougher_steroids_testing_agreement (618 words)

	ALA \| 2005 season of Join the Major Leagues @ your library to go online in April
		This year, players of the Join the Major Leagues @ your library® program, developed by ALA and Major League Baseball, will be able to step up to the plate online for a chance to win a trip to a game of the 2005 Major League Baseball World Series.
		Join the Major Leagues @ your library is designed to help people of all ages build their 21st century information literacy skills.
		Major League Baseball is a founding partner of The Campaign for America's Libraries.
	www.ala.org /ala/pressreleases2005/februarya/jtml2005.htm (428 words)

	major leagues - Wow Baseball - Providing baseball rumors and some of the latest news around the league.
		major leagues - Wow Baseball - Providing baseball rumors and some of the latest news around the league.
		The Ballpark Zone - A study on the architecture and evolution of Major League Ballparks and their influences on the community and on baseball.
		RIOT -- Major League Baseball Playoff Races - UC-Berkeley's Industrial Engineering and Operations Research department has created their own daily calculation metric for analyzing team record performance based on historical data.
	www.majorsportsbetting.com /baseball/major-leagues.html (1391 words)

	Major/ Minor Leagues
		The Minor League Division is an extension of the local Little League to accommodate participants who are league ages 7-12.
		The Tee Ball Division is an extension of the local Little League to accommodate participants league ages 5-8, and must utilize the batting tee rather than the pitched ball.
		Participants, who are league age 9, will be placed in the Minor League, whether it is in the coach pitch league or the kid pitch league.
	www.tegacaysc.com /page/page/428333.htm (393 words)

	Replacement Players in the Major Leagues by Baseball Almanac
		Each Major League team was permitted to carry thirty-two replacement players on their rosters for Opening Day and twenty-five could be used in any game.
		When the strike finally came to an end, Major League players had a three week Spring Training and replacement players were either sent to the Minor Leagues, terminated, or in some cases given a team travel bag to load their belongings in before leaving to their homes.
		Most of the Major League teams paid this and gave a severance ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 per player.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /legendary/replacement_players.shtml (621 words)

	USATODAY.com - Major leagues plan exhibition games in the Dominican Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Major league teams last played spring training games in the Caribbean country in 2000, when the Boston Red Sox played the Houston Astros twice.
		Major League Baseball has held eight exhibition tours in the capital of Santo Domingo since 1936.
		Major League Baseball is a great friend of the Dominican people," Melendez said.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2004-11-04-dominican-exhibitions_x.htm (304 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Major leagues pitch World Cup proposal to Japan, South Korea
		TOKYO – A top major league baseball official met Tuesday with Japanese and South Korean commissioners to discuss their concerns about the proposed World Cup.
		Japanese owners rejected a proposed plan last month to stage the first World Cup in March 2005, primarily because it would be too close to the start of their regular season in late March or early April.
		Japanese baseball officials also are said to object to the fact that profits from the tournament would be split between the U.S. commissioner's office and the major league players union after expenses and payments to teams.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20040803-0103-bbi-worldcup-japan.html (305 words)

	Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If this really had to be a trilogy maybe the first movie should have started in the minor leagues and had some of the players movie up to the major leagues.
		"Major League: Back to the Minors" is the story of a AAA minor league team.
		Basically, the main problem with "Major League: Back to the Minors" is that we've already seen it twice before.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0120742 (748 words)

	Don Weiskopf's Photo Gallery
		Then, in 1978, pitching for San Diego in the National League, Gaylord won the second Cy Young Award of his career at the age of 42.
		Perry played out his 22-year major league career with eight teams, splitting the 1983 season between Seattle and Kansas City.
		A graduate of Hervaduda High School in Cuba, Oliva was one of the last players from that country to make it to the major leagues.
	www.baseballplayamerica.com /page12.html (1966 words)

	Major Leagues quotes & quotations
		"Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.
		"A major league baseball team is a collection of 25 youngish men who have made the major leagues and discovered that in spite of it, life remains distressingly short of ideal.
		league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt.
	en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/major_leagues (150 words)

	Latin Americans in the Major Leagues - Latino Legends in Sports
		In the 90's, Latino baseball players in the Major Leagues are known for their excellence and dominance in the game.
		For example, the Yankees had Vic Power, a Puerto Rican (Arecibo) first baseman in their farm system batting.331 and with all the talent to become a superstar, but the Yankees gave up on him because he had a dark complexion and was rumored to date White women.
		While Latino baseball players are exploding in the Major Leagues, the number of Latinos in coaching and front office positions are scarce.
	www.latinosportslegends.com /LatinsinMLB.htm (530 words)

	Major leagues to resume games Monday
		NEW YORK -- Major league baseball postponed all games through the weekend and will resume play on Monday, a move that could push the World Series into November for the first time.
		Jacksonville and Huntsville were declared the Southern League co-champions, New Britain and Reading became the Eastern League co-champions and Kane County the Midwest League champion.
		The Texas and Florida State leagues hadn't announced their plans, nor had two independent leagues: the Northern and Texas-Louisiana.
	www.freep.com /sports/baseball/horn14_20010914.htm (795 words)

	NEA: NEA Today: People - 'Detoured' by the Major Leagues
		He also spent two years in the major leagues, and one year playing international baseball in Taiwan.
		After all, more people means more money--for the local symphony, that is. Witkowski, who moonlights part time as general manager for the local 100-person, all-volunteer Ridgewood Symphony, and her beau of seven years, a symphony musician, are tying the knot during a concert that will feature traditional wedding music.
		By holding it in a local school, Witkowski expects the majority of guests will be students, teachers, administrators, and parents from her district.
	www.nea.org /neatoday/0101/people.html (1418 words)

	Capsule biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was born in 1862 in Houcktown, northern Ohio, graduated from Ohio School for the Deaf, began his professional career in 1886, played for several major-league teams from 1888 to 1902, and died in Cincinnati in 1961 at the age of 99 years and 5 months.
		He was one of the few players to have played in 4 of the 5 recognized major leagues: The National League, the short-lived Players’ League, the original American Association, and the American League.
		During his rookie year in the majors (1888), Hoy led the National League with 82 stolen bases, a record that tops those of some of the most celebrated Hall of Famers.
	www.dummyhoy.com /overview/bio.html (876 words)

	USATODAY.com - Japanese star Matsui headed to major leagues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 28-year-old free-agent outfielder won his third Japanese Central League MVP award Friday just hours after announcing he intends to leave the Yomiuri Giants to pursue a career in the American major leagues.
		Matsui is eligible for free agency because he has nine years of service in the Japanese major leagues.
		Former Arizona Diamondback Alex Cabrera was voted MVP of the Pacific League after hitting 55 homers and tying the season record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and matched in 2001 by Kintetsu's Tuffy Rhodes.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2002-11-01-matsui_x.htm (345 words)

	Connected: Major Leagues keep ticket fees down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The last time I wrote about Major League Baseball's online ticketing strategy, I complained about a system that penalized fans who purchased inexpensive seats via the Web by saddling them with large convenience fees.
		The fees now vary depending on the price of the tickets; and the league has worked with the individual clubs to determine the fees that are most appropriate for the market.
		In Major League Baseball, any profit coming from convenience fees is subject to revenue sharing.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05097/484111.stm (703 words)

	spitting on diamonds: a spitball pitcher journey to the major leagues, 1911-1919 by Clyde Hogg
		In 1911, when Bradley Hogg began his major-league pitching career for the National League’s Boston Rustlers, baseball was a different game.
		During his major and minor league career, Hogg played with or against twenty-seven Hall of Fame ballplayers and under the critical gaze of two Hall of Fame umpires and eleven Hall of Fame sportswriters.
		The author uses Hogg’s career as a spitball pitcher in leagues from coast to coast to show the rapid change and growth of our nation between 1910 and 1920.
	www.umsystem.edu /upress/spring2005/hogg.htm (408 words)

	DeJesus determined to remain in Major Leagues
		Settling in at the top of the Royals’ lineup, DeJesus spent the rest of the season proving he belonged in the big leagues, and he appears to be very much a part of the Royals’ future.
		One of the biggest differences between playing in the Minors compared to the Majors is the information available to the players through the computer.
		DeJesus also hopes that his journey from Manalapan to the Major Leagues will have an impact on area players who share the same dream DeJesus had when he was playing for the Braves.
	newstranscript.gmnews.com /news/2004/1026/Sports/083.html (1046 words)

	ALA \| Join the Major Leagues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The grand prize and runner-up winners will be announced prior to the 2005 Major League Baseball World Series.
		Join the Major Leagues is a program of the Campaign for America’s Libraries, c/o ALA Public Information Office, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
		Join the Major Leagues @ your library®, developed by Major League Baseball® and the American Library Association, is a program designed to help people of all ages build their 21st century information literacy skills.
	www.ala.org /ala/pio/campaign/sponsorship/jtmlhome/joinmajorleagues.htm (122 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Through action of Sunday, April 25, the Saitama Prefecture native was on top in the Central League batting race with a.435 average.
		He was also among the league leaders with seven home runs and 17 runs batted in while hitting second in manager Koji Yamamoto's batting order.
		Major league scouts must have Iwakuma near the top of their shopping lists for future posting or free agency.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sb20040428wg.htm (972 words)

	Latin Americans in the Major Leagues - Latino Legends in Sports
		In the 80's and 90's, Latino baseball players in the Major Leagues have risen into stardom with their excellence and dominance in practically every aspects of the game.
		This current season, there is a 13% increase from last year's numbers of Latino baseball players in the Major Leagues.
		Note: Data only represents players who were born in a Latin American country and were on a Major League roster at the start of the season.
	www.latinosportslegends.com /LatinsinMLB_2000.htm (500 words)

	Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Major League Baseball is an official site of MLB, which presents news, photos, highlights, scoreboard and the clubhouse shop.
		Presented by Major League Baseball.com, this site provides minor league fans with all types of information such as the class, league, affiliate, any titles won, and the location of a selected team.
		Every player in the majors today, good or not so good, at one time was a prospect in the minor leagues, with rare exceptions.
	www.jsu.edu /depart/library/graphic/baseball.htm (2199 words)

	ABC News: Major leagues set single-season attendance record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sep 30, 2005 —; NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball has broken its single-season attendance record for a second consecutive year.
		With four days remaining in the regular season, total attendance through Wednesday was 73,070,631, Major League Baseball said on Thursday.
		That exceeds the 2004 record of 73,022,969 and marks a 2.4 percent increase over last year.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1172762 (110 words)

	redbrt053002
		With respect to that, Reds veteran shortstop Barry Larkin came down on both sides of the steroids issue Wednesday after 1996 NL Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti revealed in a Sports Illustrated story that he used steroids throughout that season and estimated at least half the current big-league players use them.
		Larkin is against testing players for steroids, whether the testing is done by the league or the players union.
		Larkin's opposition to testing, which is not currently done in baseball and could not be instituted by the league without approval by the union, stems from his concern about how an ''illegal steroid'' would be defined and whether safer supplements also would be targeted.
	www.cincypost.com /2002/may/30/redbrt053002.html (207 words)

	Umpires in the Major Leagues by Baseball Almanac
		Umpires in the Major Leagues by Baseball Almanac
		During the National Association (1871-1875) and early years of the National League umpires were hard to find as illustrated by this
		In 1927, Commissioner Landis required a ninety-day suspension for any such attack and in 1940 it was changed to a one year suspension.
	baseball-almanac.com /umpiresmenu.shtml (287 words)

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