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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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Litsch four-hits Twins in Blue Jays 9-0 win
The Minnesota Twins would have been a lot happier if this marathon road trip had ended one city sooner. Jesse Litsch threw a four-hit shutout and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep with a 9-0 victory over the Twins on Thursday night....Tags: Chicago White Sox, Matt Stairs, Mike Redmond, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays
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Abreu scratched because of wrist injury
anthony.rieber@newsday.comBobby Abreu was a late scratch from the Yankees' lineup Thursday night with a jammed left wrist suffered on a slide at .second base in the ninth inning on Wednesday. Rookie Brett Gardner was inserted into the lineup in the ninth spot (against Rays hard-...Tags: Bobby Abreu, Basketball, Joe Girardi, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball
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Piniella seeking 'little streak'
Tribune staff reporterAs July was winding down, the Cubs were unbeatable at Wrigley Field but were only 22-30 one the road. Oh my, what has happened since. Losers of five straight games at home, the Cubs have won 12 of their last 13 road games, that started with a July 27...Tags: National League, Houston Astros, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Kosuke Fukudome
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Dodgers' Scott Proctor is glad to be back
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmong baseball's most active pitchers over the last two seasons, Scott Proctor described the 10 weeks he spent on the disabled list as "agonizing." "It's one of those things you hope you never have to go through again," said Proctor, who landed on the DL...Tags: Nomar Garciaparra, San Diego Padres, Takashi Saito, Joe Torre, Major League Baseball
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Diamondbacks play their aces again
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFrom the day Joe Torre was introduced as manager of the Dodgers, he said they would go as far as their pitching would take them. With his team preparing itself for its final three games against the only team it trails in the NL West, he issued another...Tags: Chad Billingsley, Randy Johnson, San Diego Padres, Derek Lowe, Arizona Diamondbacks
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NL Capsules
Will Venable hit his first career homer and the San Diego Padres beat Milwaukee 5-2 on Thursday night, handing the slumping Brewers their fourth straight loss. Nick Hundley and Luis Rodriguez each drove in two runs for San Diego, which had lost nine...Tags: Trevor Hoffman, Chicago White Sox, Jason Kendall, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers
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Phillies 3B coach Smith suspended two games
Philadelphia Phillies third-base coach Steve Smith was suspended Thursday for two games and fined because of an argument with umpires during a game in Chicago last week. On Aug. 29, Philadelphia put runners at the corners with two outs in the top of...Tags: Jeff Samardzija, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Steve Smith, Derrek Lee
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Cabrera's future with O's uncertain
Four years and about four months after Daniel Cabrera made his major league debut, the Orioles say publicly that they still don't know what they have in the 27-year-old pitcher.
"To this point, he's performed well by and large in the first half, and...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, American League, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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South Side man finally free after 26 years
Chicago Tribune reporterA South Side man who spent more than a quarter-century in prison for a murder that another man allegedly confessed to won't be retried because the Illinois attorney general's office dismissed the charges Thursday. "I've been telling everybody for the...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Murder, Prisons, McDonald's, Richard M. Daley
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His whiff should have been a walk
Times Staff WriterDETROIT -- Sean Rodriguez is capable of working deep counts, but the rookie second baseman isn't much of a four-ball hitter. In the fourth inning Thursday, Rodriguez struck out on what the scoreboard said was a full-count pitch. But a pitch-by-pitch...Tags: Mike Scioscia, Major League Baseball, Football
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Red-hot Mets welcome Phillies at perfect time
The playoff beards are filling in. The lead in the NL East has widened ever so slightly to three games with 22 to play. And now the Mets welcome the Phillies to Shea Friday night for a series that could turn out to be the tipping point for the division...Tags: Johan Santana, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Pedro Martinez, David Wright
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Friday's TV highlights
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