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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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Swan song
In response to the Cubs' early post-season exit, I offer the following, sung to the tune of "Go, Cubs, Go," the chant commonly heard after each Cubs victory at Wrigley Field: Woe, Cubs, woe; woe, Cubs, woe; hey Chicago, whaddaya say, the Cubs have left me...Tags: Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball
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That's it folks
'Twas the month of October in 1908; hardly a person can now relate to that once famous series of yore. The Chicago Cubs were at their best; they put the Tigers team to the test. But sorry to say, there's no more. —James R. Schaefer, Mt. ProspectTags: Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball
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Store employee stole a Cubs hat at Chicago Ridge Mall, police say
A store employee at Chicago Ridge Mall was charged with retail theft Saturday after she allegedly took a Cubs cap from a store, police said. Sharon Williams, 46, of the 12700 block of South Central Avenue, Crestwood, was arrested when she arrived for work...Tags: Major League Baseball, Police Arrests, Police
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Today In History
There are 84 days left in the year. The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset. Today's highlight in history: In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wis., and in the Michigan communities of Holland,...Tags: Harry S Truman, Great Chicago Fire of 1871, New York Yankees, Yom Kippur, Major League Baseball
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Billy the Marlin suffers Al Gore-like fate in mascot balloting
Billy the Marlin: The Al Gore of mascots Was Billy the Marlin robbed? Billy, you see, was the winner of the popular online fan balloting for the 2008 Mascot Hall of Fame, but he did not secure induction into the Hall. Call him the Al Gore of mascots....Tags: Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Al Gore, Denver Nuggets
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1869: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H. 1892: Sergei Rachmaninoff first publicly performed his piano Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Opus 3, Number 2, in Moscow. 1918: Sgt. Alvin C. York almost single-handedly...Tags: Harry S Truman, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Government, Bill Clinton
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Tampa Bay-Boston rivalry has punch
Associated PressExactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle so much is hard to tell. Blame it on a high-and-tight pitch here, a hard slide there. Whatever, this much is true: The teams playing in the American League Championship Series sure get into a lot...Tags: Jon Lester, Fenway Park, Football, St. Louis Cardinals, Curt Schilling
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Lidge focused on present, not Pujols
Associated PressBrad Lidge forgot about Albert Pujols' mammoth playoff homer a long time ago. Maybe now that he has had a perfect season, people will stop reminding him of it. Lidge didn't wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats thinking about Pujols. Didn't...Tags: Albert Pujols, Tom Gordon, National League, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies
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Bonds says he's enjoying life away from baseball
Barry Bonds made a rare public appearance yesterday and said he is enjoying life away from baseball. "I'm happy now that I have more time," Bonds told the crowd at the kickoff event of the Macy's Christmas tree lighting in San Francisco. "I've actually...Tags: Macy's, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Carlos Marmol, Omar Vizquel
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Rays' Balfour talks himself into excelling
Of The Associated PressGrant Balfour is unapologetic. By his own admission, Tampa Bay's hard-throwing reliever will say just about anything to talk himself into the right frame of mind to do his job. And, if his shouting and swearing on the mound occasionally riles an...Tags: Spring Training, Orlando Cabrera, Chicago White Sox, Ozzie Guillen, Ken Griffey Jr.
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Tampa Bay Rays salary breakdown
Sentinel Staff WriterCATCHER How acquired: In a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 27, 2006 2008 salary: $412,500 Contract: Signed through 2008 The buzz: The Rays got him and two others for C Toby Hall, LHP Mark Hendrickson and cash. Navarro made the all-star...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Arbitration, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Contracts
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Mets' Burgos turns himself in to Dominican police
Associated PressMets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos turned himself in Tuesday night, a week after police say he was involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed two women in the Dominican Republic. Authorities were interviewing him, prosecutor Raul Quiroz told the Associated...Tags: Spring Training, Major League Baseball, Prosecution, New York Mets, Police
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