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The World Series

The World Series The World Series began in 1903 when Pittsburgh of the older National League (founded in 1876) invited Boston of the American League (founded in 1901) to play a best-of-9 game…

2000 Major League Baseball Preview

The more things change, the more they stay the same by Michael Morrison Red Sox fans and Yankees fans will never get along, but the players seem to. Here shortstops Nomar…

Sammy Sosa, 2003 News

Chicago Cubs slugger, was ejected from a game in June after umpires found cork in his bat. League officials confiscated more than 70 of his bats, and none of them had been altered. He was…

The Oldest Baseball Stadiums

The Question: I know that the baseball parks that the Chicago Cubs (1914), Boston Red Sox (1912), Detroit Tigers (1912) and the New York Yankees (1923) play in were all built…

Wild Card Playoff Game

On September 28, 1998, the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants, each with a regular-season record of 89-73, staged a playoff game to determine the winner of the National League wild card…

Ruth, Babe

(Encyclopedia) Ruth, Babe (George Herman Ruth), 1895–1948, American baseball player, considered by many the greatest of all baseball players, b. Baltimore. Ruth, a left hander, proved to be (1914–…

2001 National League Preview

by Michael Morrison National League East Atlanta Braves They're similar to the Minnesota Twins in that they have a fantastic righty/lefty combo (Maddux and Glavine) at the top of their rotation…

Mark McGwire, 1998 News

35, first-baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, beat out Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa in a heated race to break Roger Maris's season home-run record (61). Though the good-natured Sosa also topped…

Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown

Name at birth: Mordecai Peter Centennial BrownMordecai "Three Finger" Brown is the professional baseball player who gained fame for pitching with a mangled hand. Mordecai Brown was only 7 when he…

Ernie Banks

Ernie BanksBorn: Jan. 31, 1931Baseball SS-1B led NL in home runs and RBI twice each; 2-time MVP (1958-59) with Chicago Cubs; 512 career HRs.Seve BallesterosA - CRoger Bannister