How can a team with such a long and poor history have such great fan support? ... Wrigley Field is the home of wonderful baseball fans, players, and tradition. ... After the baseball strike in 1994, the attendance of baseball games has been on a steady decline for the majority of the major league baseball teams. ... Sammy Sosa is also the third player in major league history to reach the fifty-homer mark in three straight seasons. ... The Chicago Cubs have some of the richest traditions in the history of major league baseball. ...

• Word Count: 675
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti was trying to make history by banning Pete Rose. ... He bet on baseball. ... Baseball has never let the "Black Sox" back into baseball, and no one has considered it. ... Children love baseball and the heroes of baseball. ...

• Word Count: 1113
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Baseball, football, boxing, horse racing, tennis, and gold are just some of the events that captured Americans attention. At this time baseball was trying to recover from the Black Sox Scandal. ... There was no better time in history for sports to emerge. ...

• Word Count: 422
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He builds a baseball field for Shoeless Joe Jackson. ... Upon the completion of the baseball field, "Shoeless Joe Jackson", the baseball player who had been his father's hero before he passed away, suddenly appeared in the field to talk with Ray and to play baseball. ... The only thing that is great about the baseball field is left field. ... The book gives a little more history on shoeless Joe Jackson then the movie. ... Ray was sent there to take Terrence to Fenway Park for a baseball game. ...

• Word Count: 1227
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Over the Past Century, the New York Yankees have established themselves as the premier sports dynasty in not just baseball, but all of sports. From their historic great players to their incredible ballpark, the New York Yankees rich past and promising future leaves them with a stature of excellence ...

• Word Count: 266
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School