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. ... Wrigley Field is one of the few stadiums in the major leagues where fans can step into the game's past and remember what the game used to be like. ... 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. ... Many people strongly believe that Wrigley Field is the home of the ...

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In August of 1989, Pete Rose was banned from Major League Baseball for gambling. ... In 1919 Major League Baseball banned 8 players for life due to gambling. ... Major League Baseball was following protocol. ... The question is not how Major League Baseball found out Pete Rose was gambling. ... Like our justice system the current Major League commissioner should forgive Pete Rose. ...

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Bartlett Giamatti that banned Pete Rose from Major League baseball for life. The decision followed a legal review that insinuated that Rose placed bets on major league games. ... For instance, Rose possesses the all-time Major League record for most career hits (4,256), the all-time Major League record for most singles (3,315), the all-time National League record for most career runs (2,165), and the modern National League record for longest consecutive game hitting streak (44), just to name a few of his accomplishments. ... However, with a laundry list of Major League Baseball records, do...

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The worst thing about Major League Baseball today is that Pete Rose is not in the hall of fame!!! ... Rose denied ever placing bets on Major League Baseball games. ... He still however, denied ever betting on Major League Baseball games. ...

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Not only was he inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame before the mandatory required wait time, but he was also the first Latin American inducted. ... In 1966 he was the selected by the Sporting News as an All Star Team Outfielder and the National League Player of the Year. That same year Major League Baseball selected him as the Most Valuable Player. ...

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The 2003 Chicago Cubs have made it into the National League Championship Series (NLCS), where they will face the Florida Marlins. ... Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Carlos Zambrano, and Matt Clement all contributed in being arguably, the best starting staff in the majors. ... Kerry, with 266 strikeouts, led the majors. ...

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Today, major league and rookie baseball attracts millions of viewers to ballparks each year and attracts millions more through the radio and television. ... The Knickerbockers also designed foul lines, which became one of the most major developments in baseball. ...

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The main conflict in Head Over Wheels is when Kerry and Terry get involved in a major automobile accident, where the driver was killed and Terry suffered severe injuries to his skull and was paralyzed from the neck down. ... Roberto Clemente fought racism and prejudice during his times in the Major Leagues even when everyone was against him. ...

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