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  1. Baseball Results (CBSSports.com)
      Provides news and results. 10-09

  2. Major League Baseball Encyclopedia
      Provides baseball facts. 10-09

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Baseball News (1stHeadlines.com)
      Provides news on baseball from over a dozen sources.

  6. The Physics of Baseball (KQED) star
      Baseball can be used as a vehicle to teach physics. Newton’s second law states that an object will move with constant velocity until a force is exerted on it. The force at which the baseball hits the bat depends on the mass of the ball and how fast the speed of the ball changes. A pitched ball is going fastest when it leaves the pitcher’s hand, because air friction slows it down as it approaches the batter. Newton’s third law states that whenever one object exerts force on a second object, the second exerts an equal and opposite force on the first. When the ball hits the bat, the bat applies a force on the ball that equals that of the ball on the bat. Even though these forces are equal and opposite, there is a net force on the ball because the forces act on different bodies." 07-07

  7. The Physics of Baseball (KQED)
      Baseball can be used as a vehicle to teach physics. Newton’s second law states that an object will move with constant velocity until a force is exerted on it. The force at which the baseball hits the bat depends on the mass of the ball and how fast the speed of the ball changes. A pitched ball is going fastest when it leaves the pitcher’s hand, because air friction slows it down as it approaches the batter. Newton’s third law states that whenever one object exerts force on a second object, the second exerts an equal and opposite force on the first. When the ball hits the bat, the bat applies a force on the ball that equals that of the ball on the bat. Even though these forces are equal and opposite, there is a net force on the ball because the forces act on different bodies." 07-07

  8. 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

  9. Harvesting Baseball's Mud (CNN News)
      "The unique muck is the only brand used each year by Major League Baseball, and its minor-league affiliates, to abide by a line in the league's rule book requiring umpires to inspect balls and make sure they're 'properly rubbed so the gloss is removed.' "

      "The mud wasn't officially introduced to Major League Baseball until 1938, but its legacy began almost two decades earlier." 09-09

  10. Wife Emerges as Co-Author of Famous Baseball History Books (CNN News)
      Oxford University Press Executive Editor Timothy Bent "confirmed that Dorothy [Seymour] had worked on all three [famous] books. And in August, Oxford University Press took the unprecedented step of adding her name to the three book jackets. The hard copies are out of print, but her name lives on in the digital versions of 'Baseball: The Early Years" and 'Baseball: The Golden Age.' And her name comes first on 'Baseball: The People's Game.' " Dorothy Seymour Mills was the wife of Harold Seymour. 02-11

  11. -05-12-12 Baseball Team Refuses to Play Because of a Girl on the Other Team (CNN News)
      "The Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship baseball game wasn't played Thursday night because Mesa Prep's second baseman is a girl."

      "Paige Sultzbach, a freshman, is playing baseball because her high school doesn't offer girls softball. But the school Mesa Prep was to face in the final, Our Lady of Sorrows Academy, said its boys would not compete against a team with a girl and forfeited the game - and the state title - to Mesa Prep." 05-12

  12. Math Baseball (FunBrain)
      Each problem is a "pitch." If you are correct, you get a hit with a single, double, triple or home run, depending on the difficulty of the problem. The result is provided in large letters above the problem.

  13. Sports Links (Justwright)
      Provides sources of information for ball sports, including American football, Australian rules football , baseball, basketball, badminton, bowls, cricket, croquet, football (soccer), gaelic football, golf, handball, hurling, field hockey, ice hockey, korfball, lacrosse, polo, roller hockey, rugby, snooker, softball, squash, table tennis, tennis, torball, and volleyball. Also provides links for water sports, including canoeing, canoe polo, fishing, sailing, scuba diving, surfing and wind surfing, rowing, swimming, water skiing, and water polo.

  14. Suzuki, Ichiro (Okamoto)
      Provides a short biography of the famous baseball player. 6-01

  15. Suzuki, Ichiro (ESPN)
      Provides a few basic facts about the famous baseball player. 6-01

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Aaron, Hank (Encyclopedia Britannica)
      Provides a brief biography of the great baseball player. "Aaron's batting records include totals of 755 home runs, 1,477 extra-base hits, and 2,297 runs batted in. His other career statistics include 2,174 runs scored (second to Ty Cobb) and 12,364 times at bat in 3,298 games (second to Pete Rose). His hits (3,771) were exceeded only by those of Ty Cobb and Pete Rose. Aaron's lifetime batting average was .305." 1-05

  19. Dempsey, Jack (Wikipedia.org)
      "One more defense followed, versus Bill Brennan, before he had to face world Light Heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier of France, in what became boxing's first million dollar gate ever. Carpentier had served in the war and was a decorated veteran of the French Army. Ironically, Dempsey's promoter used this angle to promote the fight, since many Americans still regarded Dempsey as a slacker during the war. In a farm that had to be rented to accommodate all the public in New Jersey, Dempsey beat Carpentier by a knockout in four rounds in front of 80,183 fans."

      "After this fight, Dempsey's fame reached unexpected heights, becoming one of the top five sports stars in the United States in 1920s, along with baseball's Babe Ruth, tennis' Bill Tilden, American football's Red Grange and golf's Bobby Jones. They were known in America as the big 5 of sports." 6-05

  20. -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

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