No baseball player is going to find a better job than playing a game. ... For example, my father was huge baseball fan his whole life. ... However, the strike is not the only problem with baseball. ... Most fans of baseball are not going to support a player who has a history of steroid use. ... "Baseball owners seem to think of their fans as their customers. " The only thing baseball owners should be thinking of is their fans support, not their money. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Black Sox Baseball Scandal Baseball had boomed early in the 1900's. ... Baseball had finally reached the point that they were hoping in the late teens. ... All of these things led to one of the most disappointing moments in baseball history. The Black Sox baseball scandal turned the baseball world upside down. ... In conclusion the Black Sox Scandal has changed baseball. ...

• Word Count: 1062
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(Hispanic Biography) As he spent his early years working to help his family due to financial struggle, he took an interest in baseball and once he'd nearly perfected the game, he was recruited to play baseball when he was a teenager. ... After he studied chiropractic medicine he opened up free baseball clinics for children. ... That same year Major League Baseball selected him as the Most Valuable Player of the Year. ... A year later in his final season Roberto achieved his 3,000th hit, which at the time was an achievement held by only ten other players in baseball history, all which h...

• Word Count: 744
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Pete Rose retired from baseball in 1986. ... In 1989, commissioner Bart Giamatti suspended Rose from baseball for life for gambling. ... This left baseball in a curious situation. ... For Pete the most prolific hitter in all of baseball history, the question remains. ... He played more, won more, and hit more than anyone else in the history of the game. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Rose, who holds the record for most hits in MLB history with 4,256 was banned from baseball for allegedly gambling thousands of dollars on games as a player and a manager for the Cincinnati Reds. ... Four years later Rose was banned from baseball by than commissioner Bart Giamatti, after it was concluded that Rose himself had bet on baseball games, including games involving his own team. Rose denied ever placing bets on Major League Baseball games. ... Two of the men grew to resent Pete Rose, their former baseball friend. ... He still however, denied ever betting on Major League Basebal...

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• Grade Level: High School

Audience: Baseball Fans Sorry, Pete Pete Rose was not gifted with extraordinary athletic ability, as were so many of baseball's all-time greats. ... Pete Rose is incontrovertibly one of the greatest players in baseball's history. ... Sadly though, almost as indisputable as Rose's greatness on the baseball diamond is the fact that he gambled on baseball. Baseball's capital crime, gambling, calls for baseball's capital punishment: banishment. ... Rose also received the award for Sporting News Player of the Decade in the 70's, and in 1978 signed the most lucra...

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• 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The New York Yankees are without dispute the most successful franchise in baseball history. ... Although many didn't see the history of the Yankees, they experienced history in the making as the 1998 Yankees won the World Series while having the best record of any team in a single season. History and baseball greatness is overwhelmingly displayed in the Yankee symbol. ... Yankee Stadium is, to many, the centerpiece of baseball history. ... Visiting Yankee Stadium is a must-experience for any baseball fan. ...

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• 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is only twenty-eight years old, yet he has already established himself as one of the best baseball players in the history of Major League Baseball. ... Jeter instead chose to sign with the Yankees after being drafted his senior year when The American Baseball Coaches Association named him 1992 High School Player-of-the-Year. ... No player in major league history had ever won both the All Star and World Series MVP trophies in the same season. Currently Jeter lives in Tampa, Florida during the off-season but enjoys the New York nightlife during the baseball season. ...

• Word Count: 541
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• Grade Level: High School

The Boston Red Sox "Baseball is not a matter of life and death, but the Red Sox are." ... The Boston Red Sox are one of the most unique teams in Major League Baseball and they have a long and rich history. ... He has often been called the best baseball player of all time. ... This was probably one of the most known transactions in history of baseball. ... After that the Sox struggled through the season and had the lowest attendance in club history. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Basketball and baseball players play a much longer season then do football. ... This was during a period in American history when America was trying to build an imperial power in which they had to pick and choose their battles. ... This was arguably the hardest time in American history. ... In 1970, Curt Flood challenged baseball's reserve clause. ... In 1994, baseball went on s...

• Word Count: 1968
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Before that point, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball teams, winning the first World Series and earning five World Series titles. ... Then Boston Red Sox legend and my favorite baseball player of all time, David "Big Papi" Ortiz hit a walk off homerun in the 12th inning! ... Never before in history had a team been down three games and go on to win four straight. ... The rest was history! ...

• Word Count: 1088
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School