Henry Benjamin Greenberg was born on Sunday January first, 1911 in New York City. ... By the age of 15, he was an all city athlete in soccer and basketball, but his true passion was always baseball. ... The only teams that scouted him were the New York Yankees, the Washington Senators, and the Detroit Tigers. ... Near the end of the 1930 season, he made his major league debut against his former pursuers, the New York Yankees. ...

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He was the recipient of the Joan Payson Award for community service in 1997, presented annually by the New York chapter of the BBWAA. Derek received the New York Press Photographers' annual "Good Guy" Award for 1998. He was the recipient of the Joe DiMaggio "Toast of the Town" Award in 1999, presented annually by the New York Chapter of the BBWAA. ... Currently Jeter lives in Tampa, Florida during the off-season but enjoys the New York nightlife during the baseball season. Jeter has become a beloved superstar in a city that can be difficult for athletes but the greatest place in the world...

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He spent a year playing baseball with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League. ... On October 6, 1949, Jackie Robinson scored the only run in the Dodgers 1-0 win over the New York Yankees in game two of the World Series. ... On December 13, 1956, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded Jackie Robinson to the Dodger's rival team, the New York Giants in hopes that Robinson would be able to boost the low attendance. ... After retirement he became a vice-president of a New York restaurant firm and the president of a land-development company. From 1964 to 1968 he served as special assistant ...

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In the 1840s, Alexander Cartwright of the New York Knickerbocker Club created the general field dimensions that are in use today. ... Because the Cincinnati Red Stockings were successful on their tour, in 1871 the National Association of Baseball Players created 9 different teams in 8 cities to form the first professional baseball league. ... A league which was competing with the National League, the Western Association, changed its name to the American League in 1900 and placed several baseball teams in eastern cities. ...

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Pauls Roman Catholic Church in Ellicott City, Maryland. ... In December of 1919 Babe was sold to the New York Yankees. ... In the past two years the baseball public of New York has fallen into the same habit. ... Patrick's cathedral in New York. Babe Ruth is buried at the Gate if Heaven Cemetary in Hawthorne, New York. ...

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In the Spring of 1945 Jackie signed with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues playing short stop. ... April 18, 1946 Jackie Robinson made an organized baseball debut with the Montreal Royals in Jersey City. ... They played in the World Series against the New York Yankees. ... He was traded from the Brooklyn Dodgers to the New York Giants. ... After many years Jackie was honored by being inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...

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In 1919 Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and played in right field, taking the advice of Edward Barrow. ... The trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to both the team and baseball as a whole. ... In the same year, because there were still three teams within the city, the rivalry between the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodgers was still brewing. ... This time it was New York versus Chicago but things started going wrong. ... Ruth remained part of the All-Star team until 1934, which also became his last year in New York. ...

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You would know that the Indiana Pacers, say, could use a good power forward, or the Kansas City Royals could use a lefthanded reliever. ... In the initial meetings at the Hotel Intercontinental in New York City, the owners' mouthpiece, Mr. ... NEW YORK (AP) -- Minnesota will not fund a new ballpark for the beleaguered Twins unless owners and players agree to a salarycap and increased revenue sharing, Governor Jesse Ventura said Monday. ... In New York, players and owners held a bargaining session but failed to set a date for the start of the union's grievance to block owners from scr...

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During the summer of 1989, it blistering heat had come upon the city of Baltimore. ... Ripken taught were children in the inner city who had no money to learn about the game they love. ... On July 17, 1987 it was his daughter's birthday and a big game against the New York Yankees. ...

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"Money makes the world go 'round." Sports could not exist without the presence of money. You have high paid athletes asking for multi-million dollar contacts, while at the same time you have doctors not even making close to that amount. There are corporation buying out sports teams, buying stadiums, and buying everything that has to do with sports. Someone may ask why they do this. ...

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Owens was congratulated and welcomed home by a ticker-tape parade in New York City. ... "On August 18, 1946, before twenty thousand people at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, Robinson made his debut with a home run, three bunt singles, and a pair of stolen bases. ...

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Twenty years later dozens of baseball clubs in New York and Brooklyn, had made what they called the "national pastime" more popular than cricket, and the metropolis had become the country's first baseball powerhouse. ... While city populations swelled in the late nineteenth century, and mass entertainment was born at places like Coney Island, baseball fans flocked to watch a game featuring individuals, isolated and surrounded by the green grass of ballparks. ...

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THE PROBLEM IN BASEBALL For over a century, the sport of baseball has been one of America's greatest national pastimes. Every spring when the start of the baseball season comes around, thousands of fans get ready to fill the ballparks and watch their favorite players hit a homerun or strike someon...

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Two strangers talking on the Number 6 subway train in New York will seem like life long friends when talking about their Yankees. ... Thirty-one cities across North America have the honor and privilege to claim host to a professional baseball team. ... While Ruth was playing for the New York Yankees in the 1920s and 1930s, his legendary home run hitting feats dominated the national pastime. ... Beloved by the New York fans, Ruth earned several nicknames, including the Bambino (Italian for Babe) and the Sultan of Swat (for his home run hitting ability). ...

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He tried out for many teams in the Negro League and was finally drafted by the Kansas City Monarchs (Kahn 67). ... In 1964, the governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller, asked Robinson if he wanted to be on his presidential campaign (Elderkin). ...

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A team that plays in, say, New York or Los Angeles gets a lot more revenue from its TV/radio rights than a team from a smaller market such as Milwaukee or Kansas City. ... (The New York Yankees, for example, have a total player payroll that is probably three times larger than the Milwaukee Brewers!) ...

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A team that plays in, say, New York or Los Angeles gets a lot more revenue from its TV/radio rights than a team from a smaller market such as Milwaukee or Kansas City. ... (The New York Yankees, for example, have a total player payroll that is probably three times larger than the Milwaukee Brewers!) ...

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A team that plays in, say, New York or Los Angeles gets a lot more revenue from its TV/radio rights than a team from a smaller market such as Milwaukee or Kansas City. ... (The New York Yankees, for example, have a total player payroll that is probably three times larger than the Milwaukee Brewers!) ...

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A team that plays in, say, New York or Los Angeles gets a lot more revenue from its TV/radio rights than a team from a smaller market such as Milwaukee or Kansas City. ... (The New York Yankees, for example, have a total player payroll that is probably three times larger than the Milwaukee Brewers!) ...

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A team that plays in, say, New York or Los Angeles gets a lot more revenue from its TV/radio rights than a team from a smaller market such as Milwaukee or Kansas City. ... (The New York Yankees, for example, have a total player payroll that is probably three times larger than the Milwaukee Brewers!) ...

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A team that plays in, say, New York or Los Angeles gets a lot more revenue from its TV/radio rights than a team from a smaller market such as Milwaukee or Kansas City. ... (The New York Yankees, for example, have a total player payroll that is probably three times larger than the Milwaukee Brewers!) ...

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This year in baseball, the ultimate large capital sports franchise, the New York Yankees under the ownership of George Steinbrenner, didn't just negotiate a blockbuster deal for the broadcast of the Yankees without the MLB; he actually created his own network for the sole purpose of broadcasting Yankee games, and the NBA's NJ Nets too. ... The United Way benefits greatly from the league wide sponsorship it is given under the direction of NFL Properties because it is a national organization with operations is most major cities, but a local charity or organization would find it diffic...

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According to Jessie Jackson, "A champion wins a World Series or an Olympic event and is hoisted on the shoulders of the fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders." This is what made Jackie Robinson a hero to African-Americans. Robinson's achievement goes beyond the statistics and championship...

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