... right from the Federal League. On July 8, 1914 Ruth was sold to the Boston Red Sox along with two other players for $8,500. Ruth's career in professional baseball had begun. The Boston Red Sox signed Ruth to a two and a half year contract for $3,500 a year. Ruth made his pitching debut with the Red ... time ever and went on to lose the World Series against the New York Giants 5 games to 3. Ruth became the highest drawing card in sports history as the fans turned out in droves. 113 home runs over two seasons had earned him the nickname the Sultan of Swat. After the 1921 season ... and o...

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... take notice of his pitch handling and throwing skills, which was similar to his brothers. The St. Louis Cardinals selected him in the fourth round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. The Cincinnati Reds organization labeled Molina as a "'defensive catcher, great arm, weak bat". Once signing a contract with the Cardinals, Molina started showing major gains in his batting skills ... hours of pre-game film, earning him a reputation as an on-field leader. Fellow catchers Jorge Posada and Brian McCann have concluded that Molina "is the best defensive catcher in baseball." Víctor Martí...

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It was July 9th, 2011, and fortunately, I was able to witness a small part of baseball history first hand. Derek Jeter had come up to bat in the 3rd inning while the N.Y. Yankees were facing the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee ... hanging curve ball by pitcher David Price and in return, Jeter crushed a home run into the left-center stands. With that being said, he became the 28th baseball player in history to reach 3,000 hits. A milestone, in which he is the first to achieve at Yankee stadium, old or new, as well as being the fourth ... youngest player to do so. This, along with a few other great a...

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... who could handle the pressure of being harassed on a daily basis by the fans, and also the players. Although Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier racism still remains today in the MLB. Jackie Robinson's family were sharecroppers. He was born the youngest of five children(Edgar, Frank ... sharper, father confessor, checker shark, friend and a fighter"(Herzog 52). from those traits it was clear to see that with his traits, and intelligence baseball was on the road to integration, with Rickey behind the operations. Rickey was one of the most important people to the sp...

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... always the greatest in his presence. After the 1919 World Series scandal by the "Black Sox", along with the problems in the National Commission, professional baseball was reorganized and a new commissioner was appointed. In 1921 the new ball, which is also the current ball, was introduced; this new ball was ... his father's downtown Baltimore bar. He was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, but in 1914 left school to join a minor league baseball team, much to his father's dismay. Ruth started his minor league career with the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher in the "Golden Age o...

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The New York Yankees are without dispute the most successful franchise in baseball history. They have captured 33 American League pennants and 22 World Series Championships, which is far more than any other franchise in baseball. Baseball's greatest players have played proudly wearing the pinstripes. But those facts alone are not what the Yankees are about. The Yankees are so much more than just a team ... 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 sym...

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... 6"6"" and well built to about 250 pounds, which meant he could accomplish any objective without raising his voice or using physical force. The first time George swung a baseball bat was at the school. He knew then he was to be a hitter. He said to a friend, "It was one of those things you could just ... was someone that every team wanted, and unfortunately would have a chance to get, for the Red Sox were about to make the biggest mistake in Franchise history. In 1920 Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees for $125,000. He was traded because the team and Harry Frazee, the manager of th...

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... Durham, and goat have in common? If you weren't a baseball fanatic you would have said absolutely nothing. But ask any baseball fan like me and they would quickly answer you. these names will forever be part of the two greatest baseball plots of all history. They are two curses that haunt each respective city every year ... for the Chicago Cub fans. Although separated by many miles in distance their sorrows come close to each other every year. When it comes to baseball their fans are united in the similar pain and struggle every year. The older of the two curses is the one supposedly pl...

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... lateral sclerosis (now often called Lou Gehrig's disease), a rare disease that causes spinal paralysis, Gehrig gave one of the most poignant and meaningful speeches in sports history. This speech was much more than a speech given by a regular old ball player who was calling it quits. This was a speech that came in a time ... like the rest of us. Ball players may have been looked at as if they were indestructible and emotionless, but this speech Gehrig gave illustrated clearly that baseball is just a game and that there are more important things in life like family and friends. Gehrig wa...

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