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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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Beltran for Cano? Right. Sure. Maybe throw in A-Rod?
On the Mets beatWhy, why, why would the Mets think of trading Carlos Beltran for the Yankees' Robinson Cano, as "internet rumors" have suggested? Because they want to have a huge hole in centerfield rather than an easily filled one at second base?......Tags: Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, All Stars, Carlos Beltran, New York Mets
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A Cubs' miracle? It was just a pipe dream
Tribune commentaryA different response, not altogether wrong or unreasonable, has emerged from the Cubs' crash course in Failure 100. Since 1908, or so I have been told, their fans have treated this little World Series drought with a variety of emotions. Depression....Tags: Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Anaheim Angels, Joe Torre, Manny Ramirez
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Call him A.J. Clutch
Tribune staff reporterIt's clear why Tampa Bay beat the White Sox in the deciding Game 4 of the AL Division Series. The Rays stopped A.J. Pierzynski, who previously had had at least one hit in all five elimination games he had played in the postseason. Even after Monday's 0-...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Aramis Ramirez, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, A.J. Pierzynski
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Whispers: Helms pays off for Marlins
Tribune staff reporterThe Marlins, who have 17 players eligible for salary arbitration, have signed only two to multiyear contracts since getting Carlos Delgado as a free agent almost four years ago: Hanley Ramirez and Wes Helms, who agreed to a two-year contract rather than...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Braden Looper, Philadelphia Phillies, Arbitration
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Cubs GM deserves payoff
John McDonough is doing a great job with the Blackhawks. Yet the reality is he should still be with the Cubs, as the club president. Remember, he left because the team's uncertain ownership situation gave him little choice when Hawks Chairman Rocky...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, Nick Swisher, Wrigley Field, Philadelphia Phillies
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Former Jacksonville baseball hero now living in a tent
The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-UnionJACKSONVILLE (AP) -- "It's not like they put a sign out there, 'This is where Rusty Tillman's ball landed.'" The ex-slugger is playing down his glory days from a bench in the away dugout at Fletcher High School. But Kerry Jerome "Rusty" Tillman is...Tags: Chicago White Sox, High Schools, Major League Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds
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Dice-K takes no-hit bid into 7th inning, Red Sox beat Rays 2-0 in ALCS opener
AP Sports WriterST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ Daisuke Matsuzaka's brilliant escape act bewildered Tampa Bay and put the Boston Red Sox on top in the AL championship series. Matsuzaka took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and worked out of trouble all game, pitching...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Mark Kotsay, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Josh Beckett, Major League Baseball
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In politics, Chicago way is American way
The Swampby Frank James Chicago is once again drawing fire from Republicans who have seemingly convinced themselves that they have to run not only against Sen. Barack Obama but against an entire city. Sen. John McCain, for instance, has recently gone......Tags: Tony Rezko, Values, Major League Baseball, Corporate Crime, Corrupt Practices
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Leetch, Richter inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall
Former Rangers Brian Leetch and Mike Richter, along with Brett Hull and Cammi Granato, were inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame on Friday night. Leetch was an 11-time All-Star in 18 seasons, all but one in a Rangers sweater. He was also a two-time...Tags: Disasters, Major League Baseball, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, Brian Leetch
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Dice-K leads Sox past Rays for 1-0 series lead
kat.obrien@newsday.comTropicana Field was a site -- and a sight -- like nothing the Rays are accustomed to. For most of the regular season, the stadium filled but a third of its seats. On Friday night, as the Rays opened the American League Championship Series at home against...Tags: Mark Kotsay, Major League Baseball, Daisuke Matsuzaka, American League, Cliff Floyd
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ALCS: RED SOX 2, RAYS 0: Dice-K really on a roll
kat.obrien@newsday.comST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tropicana Field was a site - and a sight - like nothing the Rays are accustomed to. For most of the regular season, the stadium filled but a third of its seats. On Friday night, as the Rays opened the American League Championship...Tags: Mark Kotsay, Major League Baseball, Daisuke Matsuzaka, American League, Cliff Floyd
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Beckett, Sox opaque about his oblique
kat.obrien@newsday.comST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Josh Beckett is known as a brilliant postseason pitcher. His last postseason start was anything but, though, as he gave up four earned runs in five innings to the Angels. Beckett's subpar start in the American League Division...Tags: Terry Francona, Josh Beckett, Major League Baseball, American League, All Stars
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