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	Willie Horton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Horton was convicted of murder, sentenced to life imprisonment, and incarcerated at the Concord Correctional Facility in Massachusetts.
		There is some disagreement about when the Horton case was first used against Dukakis, and whether the Republican Party first brought it up in the campaign, or whether in fact then-Senator Al Gore did in the Democratic presidential primary.
		Unlike Horton, Medrano, (who according to Arizona Department of Corrections records, has been found guilty of 16 major and eight minor violations of prison rules and conduct between 1982 and 1999 including assault with a weapon) was not already serving a life sentence wihout the possibility of parole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willie_Horton (1820 words)

	Baseball Encyclopedia Article @ Karr.net (Karr Network) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Professional baseball started in the United States in the 1860's, and began in earnest in 1869, when the first fully professional baseball club, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was formed and went undefeated against a schedule of semipro and amatuer teams, as there were no other fully professional baseball teams that year.
		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 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.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Baseball (10161 words)

	Baseball Savvy: Where Are They Now - Willie Horton
		Four-time All-Star Willie Horton was a mainstay in the Detroit Tigers outfield, and an important member of their 1968 World Series Championship team.
		Horton’s number 23 has been retired by the Tigers, and there is a statue of in his likeness at Comerica Park.
		In 2004, the renovated baseball and softball fields of Horton’s alma mater, Northwestern High School, in Detroit, were renamed "The Willie Horton Baseball and Softball Diamonds." Horton says he’s glad that he has been able to leave something behind.
	www.baseballsavvy.com /archive/w_horton.htm (701 words)

	Willie Horton - Detroits Own Willie the Wonder - Grant Eldridge and Karen Elizabeth Bush
		No one player is a better symbol of the relationship between the '68 team and the city than is Willie Horton.
		When eight-year-old Willie was walking the six miles from his home in Stonega, Virginia to neighboring Appalachia to play baseball, he never dreamed that one day he would star in a major league World Series.
		Willie Horton: Detroit's Own "Willie the Wonder" takes this warm and generous man from his disadvantaged childhood through the excitement of a baseball career, and ends with an account of his ongoing work among today's youth.
	wsupress.wayne.edu /glb/young/eldridgewh.htm (182 words)

	Willie Horton \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A sandlot star in Detroit, Willie Horton was the youngest of 19 children, a four-time All-Star and a fan favorite for the Tigers in the 1960s and 1970s.
		Willie Horton, the slugger who starred on the '68 World Champions, the little kid from the streets of Detroit, the strong man who shattered bats with brute strength, broke down and cried like a baby.
		Willie Horton used the same batting helmet his entire career, having it painted to match his new teams after leaving Detroit.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/hortowi01.php (659 words)

	Willie Horton \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The Tigers traded Horton to Texas for Steve Foucault at the beginning of the 1977 season, and the Rangers shipped him to Cleveland with aborted phenom David Clyde for Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein before 1978.
		Horton was the DH for the Indians, A's, and Blue Jays at various times in 1978, then signed with the Mariners as a free agent and played all 162 games in 1979, slugging 29 HR with 106 RBI.
		Horton, with a grand slam and solo homer, singles in the 10th with the bases loaded.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Horton_Willie.stm (1165 words)

	Catching Up with Willie Horton - Associated Content
		Horton was such a strong man, he once broke his bat when he checked his swing.
		Horton was a fan favorite and one of Detroit’s key players, particularly on their 1968 Championship Team.
		Horton left Tiger Stadium in uniform in an attempt to quell the chaos in the burning streets.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/2606/catching_up_with_willie_horton.html (432 words)

	Willie Horton Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Willie Horton was born on Sunday, October 18, 1942, in Arno, Virginia.
		Horton was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1963, with the Detroit Tigers.
		This book (Willie Horton Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder) is supposed to be for young readers.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=hortowi01 (279 words)

	Willie Horton - ORT National Sales - An Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was also the second player in Tiger history to produce back-to-back 100 RBI seasons: 104 in 1965 and 100 in 1966.
		In 1991 Willie was selected as a member of the “Ambassadors of Baseball World Tour Team,” a team of former Major League players chosen to represent the U.S. for tours in Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
		Willie Horton was immortalized on July 15, 2000, when the Detroit Tigers Organization bestowed the highest honor of the Tigers Hall of Fame on Willie Horton: they retired his # 23, and in his honor, they unveiled the Willie Horton statue, the 6
	www.orttool.com /_bodytext/Willie_intro.htm (906 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - Dressed to the Nines - Parts of the Uniform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		More particularly, the players were subjected to field criticism from the stands and especially from opposing players. The effect upon the team was bad and ‘busted up’ the team morale or spirit completely.
		Because of the continuing embarrassment to the players, the numbers were removed.” Other clubs experimenting with uniform numbers on their sleeves that same year were the Indianapolis ABC’s of the Negro National League and the San Antonio Bears of the Texas League.
		The only exception to the mandate was that players who were already wearing the number would be allowed to keep it until the end of their careers.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/numbers.htm (1213 words)

	Keltner List - Baseball Fever
		To try to say that a player needs to meet all these standards, or even a certain number of these, or that each question on this list should carry the same amount of weight in a potential voter's mind would be wrong.
		He was never the best player in baseball (nor even in his league) and I don't know of anyone who ever suggested as much.
		Hodges was a very, very good player and, in his prime, I think I'd have to say "yes" to this one.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?p=98672 (2029 words)

	Comeback Player of the Year Award by The Sporting News on Baseball Almanac
		Their coverage of baseball has no rival and they are simply the most respected source of historical baseball statistics anywhere.
		The American League players with the most Comeback of the Year Awards are Norm Cash and Bret Saberhagen with two each.
		Their National League counterpart is Andres Galarraga with two who joins the lone player from both the junior and senior circuit to win two, Rick Sutcliffe.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /awards/comeback_player_of_the_year_award.shtml (281 words)

	Detroit Tigers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bold Face indicates a Hall of Famer elected as a player, others were elected as managers or executives.
		Bold Face indicates a Hall of Famer elected as a manager, others were elected as players or executives.
		The talk of baseball in 1955 was a 20-year old crew-cut Tiger outfielder with a smooth line-drive swing.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /teams/AL/tigers.htm (599 words)

	Detroit Tigers : Community : Youth Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With a large grant from The Baseball Tomorrow Fund and contributions from e-GM, Pepsi, Kmart, Lowe's Home Improvement, the Michigan Carpenter's Union and support from FOX Sports NET, Think Detroit will renovate seven diamonds at Maheras Recreation Center, Which overlooks the Detroit River between Belle Isle and Grosse Pointe.
		Tigers Care works with this organization's youth baseball league to renovate baseball fields and involve players in fund raising and baseball activities.
		This youth and baseball based fund-raiser, hosted by Former Tiger Great Willie Horton, promotes the development and enrichment of inner-city youth and sports.
	detroit.tigers.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/det/community/det_com_youthbaseball.jsp (276 words)

	Kodak Presents - Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments brought to you by The Sporting News
		Willie Horton's one-out, ninth-inning single over a drawn-in outfield scored Mickey Stanley and gave Detroit a 5-4 victory over Oakland and Denny McLain the distinction of becoming baseball's first 30-game winner in 34 years.
		Louis third baseman Fernando Tatis became the first player in history to hit two grand slams in one inning when he drilled a 3-1 pitch from Chan Ho Park over the left-center field fence to cap an 11-run Cardinals outburst at Dodger Stadium.
		Louis outfielder Mark Whiten joined two elite clubs when he became the 12th player to hit four homers in a game and the second to drive in 12 runs in a game.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /baseball/25moments/feats.html (645 words)

	Does Gil Hodges belong in the Hall of Fame? - Baseball Fever
		He was never the best player on his team -- given the talent of the '50s Dodgers, he may not have been in the top five much of the time.
		The players with the most similar lifetime numbers are guys like George Foster, Norm Cash, Colavito, Willie Horton and Jack Clark, not Hall of Famers and not close to being so.
		He belongs as a first baseman; compare the stats on defense to the other first beasemen in the HOF and he is near the top, and he is in the middle as far as hitting goes in copmparison with the same group.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=3381 (4160 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Put up your dukes
		"Baseball players are the worst fighters I've seen in my entire life," said former player and manager Bill Rigney.
		Sparky Anderson took the rest of the players off the field, and the Mets were almost forced to forfeit the game.
		Ten players were ejected, and within a few days Carolina League president John Hopkins meted out $6,000 in fines and 124 days of suspensions, penalizing every player on both clubs except the next night's starting pitchers, who were both in the stands charting pitches.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/list/basebrawl.html (2025 words)

	Draft Preview - Fantasy Baseball Cafe 2006
		In fact, most of the current players on the Mariners roster were drafted later than the third round.
		The Mariners drafted 50 players a year ago and signed 20 of them, including shortstop Adam Jones, a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds and the 22nd selection overall.
		The Mariners have a history of selecting high school players higher in the draft than college players, but that might not happen this year.
	www.fantasybaseballcafe.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=67927 (853 words)

	Baseball Savvy: Diamond Notes & Commentary
		Moments later, he was in the record books, ending Minnesota Twins’ Dick Stigman’s attempted no-hitter and becoming the ninth player in American League history to hit a debut home run.
		In 2003, he was lured back to baseball by the newly-formed North Shore Spirit, who he managed to a division championship that year.
		CanAm, a professional, independent league, unaffiliated with major league baseball, is made up of teams in the northeast United States and Quebec.
	www.baseballsavvy.com /where.html (745 words)

	Willie Horton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
		Willie Horton is Detroit and my longtime Favorite Tiger.
		AL by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year.
		In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total.
	www.baseball-reference.com /h/hortowi01.shtml (992 words)

	Home free - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Baseball - Sports
		Manny Ramirez dressed at a locker in the same row as Yankee stars Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez, players he'll be facing from opposite dugouts tomorrow night in Fenway Park, when the ancient rivals square off in a four-game series.
		Jason Varitek began the 76th All-Star Game flashing signs to White Sox lefthander Mark Buerhle, who will be trying to throw pitches past Varitek next week in Chicago, in the first meeting this season between teams that came into the break leading their divisions.
		By the time Matt Clement entered the game to pitch a scoreless fifth inning, the last of the five Sox stars in the lineup, teammates Johnny Damon and Ramirez were already through, with Varitek out an inning later and David Ortiz lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/07/13/home_free (1266 words)

	ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - June Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Willie Mays, you see, didn't walk as often as Mickey Mantle, which is why I still contend that Mantle was the better hitter (if not necessarily the better all-around player).
		Now, Horton was a pretty good player, but I can't help but wonder if he'll be the worst player commemorated in such a fashion at a major league ballpark.
		A few of you suggested Michael Jordan, who was indeed a worse baseball player than Willie Horton, but his statue is outside an arena rather than a ballpark, so he's disqualified on a technicality.
	espn.go.com /mlb/s/2000/0607/572431.html (17860 words)

	American Heroes
		Pitching legend Sandy Koufax, one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, captured the attention of baseball fans throughout the country by winning a major league high 27 games and seemed to be a 'one man gang' in leading the Dodgers to the pennant in 1966.
		An excellent high school baseball player at Woodstock High School in northern Illinois he was ready to make a choice to sign with either the Cubs or Astros when he was drafted by the U.S. Military.
		I told him I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=83 (1757 words)

	Amazon.com: Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Baseball errs on the side of good taste a bit too often, what with contributions from Bruce Hornsby, Carly Simon, and Natalie Cole peppered amid classics by the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
		From Garison Keillor's opening reading of Walt Whitman's thoughts on baseball to the closing quiet of the Star Spangled Banner, the listener is taken on a musical and aural journey through the history of Our National Pastime.
		If you saw the Baseball series and liked the music there, you will be pleased and surprised to find out that the music is on this CD.
	www.amazon.com /Baseball-Burns-Original-Soundtrack-Recording/dp/B000005J2P (1499 words)

	MOP Squad Sports Baseball - Detroit Tigers History
		The Detroit Tigers baseball franchise played their first game for the newly established American League on April 25, 1901 at Bennett Park in front of 10,000 fans.
		In 1905, the team acquired Ty Cobb, a player who would be considered one of the greatest of all-time.
		The addition of Cobb to an already talented team that included Sam Crawford, Hughie Jennings, Bill Donovan, and George Mullin yielded results quickly, as the Tigers won three consecutive American League Championships from 1907-09.
	www.mopsquad.com /baseball/teams/tigers/history.htm (205 words)

	SLAM! Sports - Baseball - AL's stars shine
		Not the least of which was his Boston Red Sox recovering from a 3-0 deficit in the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees to win the World Series, ending an 86-year drought.
		Tejada later knocked in another run on a grounder in the third and was named the game's most valuable player.
		Former Tigers greats Al Kaline and Willie Horton, who threw out the ceremonial first pitches, looked to be as effective as any of the NL hurlers.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Baseball/MLB/2005/07/13/1129612-sun.html (560 words)

	Baseball Player Weight Chart by Baseball Almanac
		Chart note: Only the most common weights are included in the chart with lesser common weights being listed along with record holders in the fast facts.
		on the chart above include one sixty-five (65) pound player [see fact #3 below], thirteen 120-129 pound players, fifty-nine 240-249 pound players, twenty-one 250-259 pound players, six 260-269 pound players, five 270-279 pound player and one 295 pound player [see fact #3 below].
		Baseball Player Batting Stances (Left / Right / Both)
	www.baseball-almanac.com /charts/weights/weights.shtml (380 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Eric Flom Remembers the All-Star Game in the Kingdome -- July 17, 1979
		We were both avid baseball fans; we collected cards, memorized trivia, and even perfected the art of playing ball one-on-one in the middle of busy Seattle streets.
		True, the players were so far away we could barely see them, but if you asked us, these were the best seats in the house -- or at least the best seats that $10 could buy.
		There were player introductions, and a ceremony featuring the flags of all 50 states, which for some reason were laid on the ground when the American flag was finally presented.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=3423 (2216 words)

	Bob Montgomery \| BaseballLibrary.com
		August 9, 1971: Despite belting six home runs -- 3 by Bill Freehan, two by Willie Horton, one by Aurelio Rodriguez -- at Fenway Park, the Tigers lose to the Red Sox, 12—11.
		April 14, 1974: In the 8th inning of Detroit's 1—0 win over the Red Sox, Willie Horton mortally wounds a pigeon with a foul fly directly over home plate in Fenway Park.
		September 9, 1979: The first place Orioles romp to their 7th win in a row, larruping the Red Sox, 16—4.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Montgomery_Bob.stm (211 words)

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