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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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A Closer Look At The Fenway Sellout Streak
Streak Stats (455 Games) Began: May 15, 2003 (Red Sox 14, Rangers 3) Red Sox record: 296-159 (.651) Batting average: .297 (4,627-for-15,587) Runs: 2,724 Home runs: 529 ERA: 4.24 Pitches thrown by Red Sox: 66,774 Attendance: 16,298,530 Longest...Tags: National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, Basketball
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Faux Joba's lifestyle ends
An unemployed New Jersey man who is a dead ringer for Joba Chamberlain impersonated the Yankees pitcher to meet women while scoring free food and drinks along the way, the New York Post reported. Ryan Ward, 29, of Asbury Park, was arrested last month and...Tags: Police, Major League Baseball, Police Arrests
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Don't risk too much, too early, on pitchers
Back in March for my first column I advised you not to select Johan Santana in the first round or spend a large amount of your budget on him, or any other starting pitcher. Placing too much emphasis on starting pitching is a risk. Pitchers are more likely...Tags: Chad Billingsley, Mike Pelfrey, Gavin Floyd, American League, John Danks
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Fukudome likely to sit on bench for a while
Tribune reporterIt appears Kosuke Fukudome finally has become a bench player after several attempts to get his bat untracked have failed. After going 0-for-4 in Friday night's series-opening loss to the Reds, Fukudome and his plunging .262 batting average were out of...Tags: Lou Piniella, Kosuke Fukudome, Chicago Cubs, Derrek Lee, Major League Baseball
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Ozzie Guillen: Angels are AL's best
Tribune reporterManager Ozzie Guillen has gotten a close-up look at potential first-round playoff contenders Tampa Bay, Boston and Los Angeles, and after close observation, Guillen declared the Angels as the best team in the American League. "They have everything—...Tags: Charlie Haeger, Chicago White Sox, Joe Crede, American League, Major League Baseball
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Thome's homer in 15th lifts White Sox over Angels
AP Sports WriterJim Thome passed Mickey Mantle at the perfect time. Thome homered in the 15th inning to move ahead of Mantle on the career list and give the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels that extended their AL Central lead Saturday night....Tags: Carlos Quentin, Gavin Floyd, Jim Thome, Jose Contreras, Nick Swisher
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Randy Johnson Scratched With Sore Shoulder
Arizona's Randy Johnson, six shy of 300 wins, was scratched from today's start at Los Angeles because of a sore left shoulder. Johnson, who turns 45 Wednesday, will be replaced by righthander Max Scherzer. Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin said Johnson...Tags: Randy Johnson, Major League Baseball, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves
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Mets Ready To Confront The Past
NEW YORK — The "place," the scene of the disaster, no longer exists. As always in baseball, one game is eclipsed by another, then another. One season is erased by the next. But in the minds of those who went through it, the point at which the Mets'...Tags: Mike Schmidt, Mike Pelfrey, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Delgado, David Wright
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WHITE SOX'S OZZIE GUILLEN: ANGELS ARE AL'S BEST
Manager Ozzie Guillen has gotten a close-up look at potential first-round playoff contenders Tampa Bay, Boston and Los Angeles, and after close observation, Guillen declared the Angels the best team in the American League. "They have everything—...Tags: Charlie Haeger, Chicago White Sox, Joe Crede, American League, Major League Baseball
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Three Soriano homers help Cubs snap skid
Tribune reporterHaving seen all he could take after six straight losses, Cubs manager Lou Piniella shook up his lineup and issued a warning of others to come. After Saturday night, he can't wait to see more. Hitting a season-high five home runs—three by Alfonso...Tags: Major League Baseball
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Whispers
Circle Sept. 16 on the calendar. CC Sabathia is likely to work the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field that day, tentatively scheduled to face Rich Harden. The matchup Sept. 17 should be Ben Sheets vs. Ted Lilly or Carlos Zambrano. … I...Tags: Carlos Quentin, Bob Feller, Angel, Albert Pujols, Jeff Kent
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Hanna soaks mid-Atlantic; Hurricane Ike closes in
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersTropical Storm Hanna poured as much as 9 inches of rain on the mid-Atlantic, causing flooding in some low-lying areas in Virginia and sporadic power outages before plowing north through Delaware and New York. As the weakening storm headed toward New...Tags: Hurricane Ike, Philadelphia Phillies, Tropical Storms, Government, Disasters
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