Sub-Topics Physics of Baseball Lists Baseball (Sportserver.com) Provides news on baseball. 11-01 News -02-25-06 Gowdy, Curt (USA Today) " 'He's certainly the greatest play-by-play person up to this point that NBC Sports has ever had,' NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said Monday. 'He literally carried the sports division at NBC for so many years on his back. ... He was a remarkable talent, and he was an even more remarkable human being.' " 02-06 -03-02-07 Pitcher Discovers Rare Rocks (ABC News) " Life has thrown pitcher Matt White a bit of a curve ball — potentially a $2 billion curveball to be exact." 03-07 -04-15-09 Major League Baseball Gets an "A" for Racial Diversity (CBS News) "On the 62nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, the Major Leagues scored an "A" for its racial hiring practices, according to The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport." 04-09 -05-08-09 Can the Dodgers Get a Refund on Manny Ramirez? (Time.com) "You're the Los Angeles Dodgers. In March, while the rest of baseball balked at the steep demands of Manny Ramirez during an off-season recession, you inked the perplexing power hitter to a two-year, $45 million guaranteed contract. Maybe those other teams suspected what was coming: just two months after Ramirez re-signed with the Dodgers, he received a 50-day suspension for using a banned performance-enhancing substance." 05-09 -05-20-06 Bonds Ties Ruth on the All-Time List (BBC News) "San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds finally tied Babe Ruth in second place on the all-time home run list with his 714th homer on Saturday." 05-06 -05-28-06 Barry Bonds Hits 715th Home Run (Fox News) "He hit the milestone home run with a two-run shot to center Sunday, moving past Babe Ruth into sole possession of second place on the career list behind Hank Aaron." 05-06 -07-27-07 Bond Hits Home Run, One Short of Record (USA Today) "Barry Bonds hit his 754th career home run Friday night, and needed just one more to tie Hank Aaron's record." 07-07 -08-08-07 Bonds Hits Record Number of Home Runs (Chicago Tribune) "On a chilly Tuesday night, before a sellout crowd at AT & T Park, a very different looking Bonds, this one rippling with muscle and upper body mass, became the most prolific home run hitter of all time. He rifled a 3-2 fastball in the fifth inning from Washington Nationals left-hander Mike Bacsik into the center field bleachers for the 756th home run of his career, breaking the record Hank Aaron had claimed from Babe Ruth in 1974." 08-07 -09-22-08 Farewell to Yankee Stadium (ABC News) "When the Yankees take the mound against the Baltimore Orioles in Yankee Stadium tonight, the game will be the culmination of 85 years of history in the House That Ruth Built . Yankee Stadium , with its 12-foot blue letters spelling out its name and welcoming guests, is a New York landmark and seminal part of Major League Baseball that has been the home to some of the nation's most memorable sports and pop culture moments." 08-07 Baseball News (1stHeadlines.com) Provides news on baseball from over a dozen sources. 5-05 Gowdy, Curt (BaseballHallofFame.org) "Gowdy's numerous network assignments ran the gamut of sports: from the World Series to the Super Bowl to the Montreal Olympics to the 'American Sportsman' series. Among other 'blue-chip' sporting events, Gowdy broadcast 13 World Series and 16 All-Star Games." "As Gowdy recalled: 'I tried to pretend that I was sitting in the stands with a buddy watching the game—poking him in the ribs when something exciting happened. I never took myself too seriously. An announcer is only as good as yesterday's performance.' " Curt Gowdy, the famous sportscaster, died in February 20, 2006 at the age of 86. 02-06 Gowdy, Curt (Wikipedia.org) "Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster, well-known as the longtime 'voice' of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally-televised sporting events." 02-06 Papers -08-01-05 Palmeiro Violates Public Trust (MSNBC News) "All his well-known civic and charitable good deeds, his reputation as a clean player, were shoved into the pot to counterbalance the charge, made by Jose Canseco, that Canseco had injected Palmeiro with steroids on many occasions when they were teammates. Canseco wrote the accusation in a book. Then he swore to it before Congress. And Palmeiro denied it utterly, sitting just a few feet from Canseco." "Of all the players in baseball, the least likely man to be caught cheating with steroids this season would be Palmeiro, right? Even if he had used them every day of his career, he would stop now, because anyone in their right mind would cease and desist." "Yet, in one of the most unexpected announcements ever made in baseball, Palmeiro has been caught, suspended and has actually admitted to using steroids this season. Palmeiro simply claims that he has no idea how they got in his body." 8-05 Baseball Activities (Exploratorium) Provides interactive activities related to baseball and shows how to make certain kinds of pitches, such as the curveball, slider, and fastball. 5-01 Baseball Biographies (HW Wilson) Provides short descriptions of some of the best known competitors, such as Roger Clemens, Carl Ripkin, Jr., and more. 8-00 Baseball Trivia (Baseball Trivia) Provides questions and answers. 8-02 Bond, Barry - Biography (HWWilson.com) Provides a short profile of Barry Bonds, up to 1996. In 2002, he gained 600 lifetime home runs, one of only several to do so. (The others are Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays.) 8-02 Diamondbacks Beat Yankees in World Series (San Francisco Chronicle) Provides some highlights of the series. 11-01 Major League Baseball Encyclopedia Robinson, Jackie (HistoryChannel.com) "Jackie Robinson is one of the most admired people in sports. But unlike most sports heroes, his battles did not take place only on the athletic field. His most important battles were against the pervasive national racism that not only excluded blacks from participation in major league baseball, but from economic opportunities in fields of all kinds. Robinson led the Dodgers to four National League pennants and one World Series championship in 1955. And, in the process, he led his nation in a struggle for civil rights that continues today -- but he didn't do it alone." 02-06 Rodriguez, Alex (A-Rod) (Wikipedia.org) "Alexander Enmanuel 'Alex' Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975, in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican-American baseball infielder. He is the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees, having played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners." "Since 1996 (his first full season) through 2006 he leads the major leagues in home runs (HR), runs scored, runs batted in (RBI), total bases and extra-base hits. Of all players in baseball history at age 30, he is first all-time in both HR and runs scored, 2nd in total bases and extra base hits, 3rd in RBI, and 4th in hits. In his career to that point, Rodriguez had more HR, more RBI, more runs scored, and more base hits than all-time leaders Hank Aaron (HR and RBI), Rickey Henderson (runs scored), and Pete Rose (hits) did prior to their 30th birthdays. He also shares the MLB record (and holds the AL record) for most home runs in the month of April, hitting 14 in 2007." "He has often been cited as the best all-around player currently in baseball." 07-07 Rodriguez, Alex: Statistics (ESPN) Provides statistics on A-Rod's game. 07-07 Suzuki, Ichiro (About.com - Mishima) Provides a few basic facts about the famous baseball player. 6-01 Suzuki, Ichiro (ESPN) Provides a few basic facts about the famous baseball player. 6-01 Suzuki, Ichiro (Famous Personages in Japan) Provides a short biography of the famous baseball player. Last entry was in 1998. 6-01 Suzuki, Ichiro (Washington Post) Provides a cultural perspective on the famous baseball player and discusses the impact of his move to the United States. 6-01 World Series Analysis (Sports Illustrated - Cannella) Provides an analysis of the Giants and Angels, by position on the team, for the 2002 season. 11-02 Periodicals Baseball Results (Sportsline)

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