He also might not stay healthy all season. ... No one knows what A-Rod is capable of as a 39 year old who was suspended for all of 2014 and has multiple hip surgeries. ... Yankees owe him 21 million dollars for the coming season and a total of 61 million dollars over the next 3 seasons to complete the 10 year, 275 million dollar deal he signed in 2007. As with all Major League Baseball contracts, the money is guaranteed. ... He is a hard working man and a gym enthusiast, I know for sure he has that fire to come back and show everyone in the MLB he is not just some washed up drug user. ...

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He is a man of great ability, trustworthiness, character on and off the field, and a man with much thoughtfulness towards his fans. ... In 1992, Cal Ripken Jr. had a marvelous season. A .300 batting average, 26 homeruns, and 98 RBI's are with no doubt an all-star season. During the closing of that season he was offered by many teams a heavy load of money to play for their team in the following season. ... A great example of a man who meets all the qualities of being a role model is Cal Ripken. ...

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He spent his rookie season touring the country with the Monarchs for $400 a month. ... The following season Jackie Robinson was promoted to the Brooklyn Dodgers. ... In his first season he hit for a .296 average and was selected Rookie of the Year. ... For example, not only did players on other teams object to playing against a black man but some of his teammates objected to playing with a black man. ... I don't care if this man is black, blue, or what the hell color he is. ...

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Many baseball fans from all around New England and all over the United States agree with Mike Barnacle on this statement. ... A man named John I. ... He is the man who not only gave the team the name Red Sox, but he also gave them their home, Fenway Park. ... It is said that the home run hit a man right on the head, and he was a Yankee fan. ... The team exceeded all of the even most optimistic of projections and fought the hardest fight in a tough pennant race that went down to the final day of that Cinderella season. ...

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You've seen the well-kept ivy, you've heard the heckles from Sal, the beer-man, whenever an opposing team visitor shouts for a cold one and you know the aroma of a true Chicago dog. ... To believe this statement you have to flip all the way back to the 1870s. ... All of his efforts also benefited the White Stockings and the city of Chicago itself. ... Anson was a player-manager for the Cubs from 1979 all the way through to 1897. ... He unfortunately led the leagues with 72 errors in the 1902 season. ...

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"In the 70 seasons between 1928 and 1997, Roger Marris was the only man to hit 60 or more home runs, but from 1998 to 2001 the record was eclipsed six times (Verducci). Hank Aaron, who is known as the all-time power king, never had a fifty-homer season; nonetheless he hit 755 home runs in his career. ... Ken Caminiti admitted that he was using steroids during the season when he won his MVP. ... Spring training attendance is at a record high mark, and more season tickets have been sold around the league than in the last five years. ... Although there is a huge problem, baseball is still doi...

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For a man coming from a poor family of sharecroppers, his beginning, would help him become the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for many decades. Robinson excelled early at all sports and learned to make his own way in life. ... In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team. ... So, Jackie decided to play one season in the Negro Baseball League, and traveled all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. ... Due to all of his great success in 1962, Jackie Robinson was put into the Baseball Hall of F...

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" The game was invented way back in 1869 by a man named Abner Doubleday and has grown and popularity since it's creation. ... Former Seattle Mariner star Ken Griffey Jr., former MLB slugger Mark McGwire, Cleveland Indians' monster masher Albert Belle, and former Texas Ranger great Juan Gonzalez lead all of baseball in home runs over some years the in 90's, all with more than 50 homers in a season. ... Bonds ended the 2007 season as the all-time homerun king. ... Typically, a great season for an MLB pitcher is 20 games. ... Why all these numbers? ...

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His contract with Seattle will end following the 2000 season (which starts in April and ends in October 2000). ... Teams trade players for all kinds of reasons: to get rid of an expensive player with declining skills; to attract talent at some other position; bad "fit" in team chemistry, etc. ... SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr., wanting to play closer to his home in Florida, rejected Seattle's eight-year contract offer and the Mariners said they will try to trade the 10-time All-Star. ... Griffey hit 48 homers this year after hitting 56 in consecutive seasons. ... The Mariners have a...

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His contract with Seattle will end following the 2000 season (which starts in April and ends in October 2000). ... Teams trade players for all kinds of reasons: to get rid of an expensive player with declining skills; to attract talent at some other position; bad "fit" in team chemistry, etc. ... SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr., wanting to play closer to his home in Florida, rejected Seattle's eight-year contract offer and the Mariners said they will try to trade the 10-time All-Star. ... Griffey hit 48 homers this year after hitting 56 in consecutive seasons. ... The Mariners have a...

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His contract with Seattle will end following the 2000 season (which starts in April and ends in October 2000). ... Teams trade players for all kinds of reasons: to get rid of an expensive player with declining skills; to attract talent at some other position; bad "fit" in team chemistry, etc. ... SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr., wanting to play closer to his home in Florida, rejected Seattle's eight-year contract offer and the Mariners said they will try to trade the 10-time All-Star. ... Griffey hit 48 homers this year after hitting 56 in consecutive seasons. ... The Mariners have a...

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His contract with Seattle will end following the 2000 season (which starts in April and ends in October 2000). ... Teams trade players for all kinds of reasons: to get rid of an expensive player with declining skills; to attract talent at some other position; bad "fit" in team chemistry, etc. ... SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr., wanting to play closer to his home in Florida, rejected Seattle's eight-year contract offer and the Mariners said they will try to trade the 10-time All-Star. ... Griffey hit 48 homers this year after hitting 56 in consecutive seasons. ... The Mariners have a...

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His contract with Seattle will end following the 2000 season (which starts in April and ends in October 2000). ... Teams trade players for all kinds of reasons: to get rid of an expensive player with declining skills; to attract talent at some other position; bad "fit" in team chemistry, etc. ... SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr., wanting to play closer to his home in Florida, rejected Seattle's eight-year contract offer and the Mariners said they will try to trade the 10-time All-Star. ... Griffey hit 48 homers this year after hitting 56 in consecutive seasons. ... The Mariners have a...

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His contract with Seattle will end following the 2000 season (which starts in April and ends in October 2000). ... Teams trade players for all kinds of reasons: to get rid of an expensive player with declining skills; to attract talent at some other position; bad "fit" in team chemistry, etc. ... SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr., wanting to play closer to his home in Florida, rejected Seattle's eight-year contract offer and the Mariners said they will try to trade the 10-time All-Star. ... Griffey hit 48 homers this year after hitting 56 in consecutive seasons. ... The Mariners have a...

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Horace Wilson is the man who gets the credit for starting baseball in Japan. ... The Americans won all 17 games. ... First of all its smaller than the U.S.'... (http://www2.gol.com/users/jallen/jimball.html#History ) In American baseball there are only two types of rosters, a 25 man and a 40 man. ... The third roster is the 28-man roster that are on first team bench. ...

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It all sounds fairly reasonable. ... BASEBALL, with all its woes, is still America's greatest obsession. ... This season, NHL teams are paying on average $4 million more in payroll than last season. ... I believe in a healthy league, and all (teams) should be healthy. All franchises at least break even and hopefully make some money. ...

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There is only one number in all of major league baseball that is retired throughout the league. ... Barry Bonds holds the single season record for home runs. Bob Gibson holds the single season record for earned run average. ... This caused major problems in two different aspects of the season. ... I mentioned earlier the courage of Jackie Robinson, who was one man against the world. ...

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Although Rose is best known for being baseball's all-time leader in hits, he also holds the all-time records in singles, at-bats, games played, and seasons with a batting average above .300. ... The Reds brought Rose back in 1984 as a player-manager, a role that he retained through the 1986 season. ... Clearly, Pete is not a changed man. ... Ty Cobb, the man whose all-time record for hits was broken by Pete Rose, was one of the nastiest men ever to play the game. ... He was also a "fire-breathing racist" and once went into the stands to beat up a crippled man who had been heckling hi...

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George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American icon or symbol just as Uncle Sam was; the Babe started it all. ... Ruth didn't let down though, in 1931 he was even better and it became Babe Ruth's season. ... Within Babe's season he had hit is 600th home run attracting the crowds as never before. ... The 1932 World Series tried to correct all this. ... In 1933 a new game was created in baseball, the All-Star Game. ...

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Ty Cobb, the player Pete Rose was chasing to become the all-time hits leader, killed a man and admitted to it. ... Consider the following: Rose played in a National League record 24 seasons. ... Rose was a 16 time All-Star. His 44-game hitting streak ranks among the longest of all-time. He had a .303 lifetime batting average in the regular season and a .381 lifetime batting average in the postseason. ...

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By the age of 15, he was an all city athlete in soccer and basketball, but his true passion was always baseball. ... Near the end of the 1930 season, he made his major league debut against his former pursuers, the New York Yankees. ... After a mediocre rookie season, in 1934 Hank Greenberg became known as one of the best sluggers in baseball and earned the nickname Hammerin" Hank. ... He also was selected for four All-star games as well as winning the MVP awards in 1935 and 1940 as a first baseman and a left fielder. ... He was a man of integrity who paved the way for other excellent Jewish sp...

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We all thought the ball was juiced 1. ... What started out as a way to help his shoulder injury ended up as the best season of his career exceeding all his statistics the previous year. ... He was the first man to have forty stolen bases and forty home runs in the same season (Pugmire, 2). ... I remember during both Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds chase to break the record of the single season home runs there was not an empty seat in the stadium. ... Like Roger Marris single season home run record of sixty-one was broken twice in the last three years. ...

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We all thought the ball was juiced 1. ... What started out as a way to help his shoulder injury ended up as the best season of his career exceeding all his statistics the previous year. ... He was the first man to have forty stolen bases and forty home runs in the same season (Pugmire, 2). ... I remember during both Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds chase to break the record of the single season home runs there was not an empty seat in the stadium. ... Like Roger Marris single season home run record of sixty-one was broken twice in the last three years. ...

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All of these points make valid claims. ... During the 1918 season, he led the American League with 11 home runs. ... This set a new season record (21). ... Ruth was a married man. ... Ruth would constantly stay up all night before game days eating, drinking and smoking. ...

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Today, Roberto Clemente is recognized as one of the greatest Latin-American professional baseball players of all time. ... In 1966 he was the selected by the Sporting News as an All Star Team Outfielder and the National League Player of the Year. ... A year later, in his final season, Roberto achieved his 3,000th hit, which at the time was reached by only ten other players, all of whom were in the Hall of Fame. ...

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