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Baseball is a game played between two teams consisting of nine players each. The object of the game is to score more runs (or points) than your opponent. The game is played with a small, leather ball and wooden bats. All the players in the "field" wear leather gloves. The field is actually a diamond consisting of grass and dirt with four "bases." A pitcher from one team throws the ball and a batter from the opposing team attempts to hit it. There are nine innings in a regulation game. An inning consists of each team getting a chance to hit the ball and score runs before making three "outs." Baseball is played throughout the world. In the United States, professional baseball, called the major...
Baseball is a game played between two teams consisting of nine players each. The object of the game is to score more runs (or points) than your opponent. The game is played with a small, leather ball and wooden bats. All the players in the "field" wear leather gloves. The field is actually a diamond consisting of grass and dirt with four "bases." A pitcher from one team throws the ball and a batter from the opposing team attempts to hit it. There are nine innings in a regulation game. An inning consists of each team getting a chance to hit the ball and score runs before making three "outs." Baseball is played throughout the world. In the United States, professional baseball, called the major leagues, is played in large stadiums. There are two leagues--American and National. A major-league season runs from April to October, with each team playing 162 games. It concludes with the World Series, where the best team from the National League plays the best team from the American League to decide the champion. There are references to baseball from the 1700s, but the game was not played in the United States until the late 1800s. The first pro team was formed in 1869. The National League was founded in 1876 and the American League in 1901. The first World Series was played in 1903. Baseball is played by people of all ages at numerous levels, including Little League, Babe Ruth League, High School, College and Minor League.
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Hanna likely to drench NYC on Sat.
john.valenti@newsday.com christina.hernandez@newsday.comA flood watch has been issued for the New York metro area on Saturday -- and a tropical storm warning has been extended up the East Coast to Sandy Hook, N.J. -- as the region prepares for a potential deluge of pounding, driving rains from Tropical Storm...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Weather Reports, Charity, Tropical Storms, U.S. Open Tennis
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Tropical storm watch for LI as Hanna looms
john.valenti@newsday.com sophia.chang@newsday.comAs Tropical Storm Hanna churned up the East Coast Friday, the National Weather Service upgraded its warning for Long Island, issuing a tropical storm watch. Hanna, which is now in the Atlantic Ocean off of Florida, could be packing high winds and a...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Charity, U.S. Open Tennis
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Breaking down Carlos Delgado and Pat Burrell
Special to amNewYorkYou can't always trust the opinions of baseball fans; all too often, they're way off base. Despite the cries of fans early the in season, it would be hard to imagine the Mets or Phillies contending for the NL East crown if they didn't have first...Tags: David Wright, Pat Burrell, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Major League Baseball
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Battle of the Manuels
Special to amNewYorkWhen the Phillies and Mets renew their rivalry this weekend, the differences between Mets manager Jerry Manuel and Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel will be obvious. The former is a thin, bespectacled 54-year-old from Georgia who reads Tolstoy. The...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Brian Schneider, Joe Torre, David Wright
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IronPig of the Year: Andy Tracy
First baseman Andy Tracy, who hit .288 with 21 home runs, 32 doubles and 84 RBIs, has been voted the Lehigh Valley IronPig of the Year in The Morning Call's online poll. Tracy finished in the top 10 in the International League in five offensive...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
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Giants Schedule
Giants Schedule Thursday … beat Washington, 16-7 Sept. 14 … at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Sept. 21 … Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Bye week Oct. 5 … Seattle, 1 p.m. Oct. 13 … at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19 … San Francisco,...Tags: Major League Baseball
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Five things to look for today
Night moves If there are future SEALs on the Navy football team, they can consider tonight's football game at Ball State as a night mission (ESPN, 7p.m.). Meet the Mets The Phillies open a three-game series tonight at 7:10 in New York, their last...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Motor Racing, Major League Baseball, ESPN
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Pedroia Surprise MVP Candidate
Courant Staff WriterWith every hit, the chants grew louder at Fenway Park. By the time the Red Sox finished their homestand with a victory over the Orioles Wednesday, cries of "MVP, MVP" reverberated each time Dustin Pedroia stepped into the batter's box. But the second...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Josh Hamilton, Soccer, All Stars, Josh Beckett
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Rays Hold Off Yankees
NewsdayJoe Girardi, in what may have been his best quote of the season, explained the other day why he wasn't planning to replace struggling Sidney Ponson in the rotation. "It's not like we have Cy Young and Steve Carlton waiting in the wings," the Yankees...Tags: Cy Young, Steve Carlton, Sidney Ponson, Boston Red Sox, Chien-Ming Wang
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Zambrano hopes to return next week
From Baltimore Sun news servicesCubs ace Carlos Zambrano has right rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation, magnetic resonance imaging confirmed yesterday, a potential obstacle to Chicago's chances of winning the World Series for the first time in a century. Zambrano received a shot...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, All Stars, National League
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Marlins mull retaining top two affiliates
South Florida Sun-SentinelIn those first few heady months of their relationship, the Carolina Mudcats sent their parent organization in South Florida a couple of memorable gifts. Dontrelle Willis arrived in May, 2003, Miguel Cabrera came in June. A World Series victory followed...Tags: New York Mets, Major League Baseball, All Stars, Parent Organizations, Miguel Cabrera
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Keep football and Ravens could keep sanity
If the Ravens want a new beginning with coach John Harbaugh, they can't start repeating the same mistakes against the Cincinnati Bengals, their season-opening opponent. In two games against that AFC North rival last season, the Ravens committed an...Tags: Willis McGahee, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills
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