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Albert Pujols Payday Someday
Pay the man! The Albert Pujols contract deadline has come and gone but one thing remains obvious. He is the best player in baseball, and should be paid like it. The…
Negro Baseball League – A History Overview
Baseball became an organized sport in 1876 when the National League was formed. Before the league was formed, however, teams were already organizing. The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first…
Hank Aaron, A Force To Be Reckoned With
Hank Aaron, born Henry Louis Aaron in 1934, played his 23-year career from 1954 to 1976 for the Milwaukee Braves-later the Atlanta Braves-and the Milwaukee Brewers. He has many records…
The First Negro League Players – A Brief History
The first African-American players of baseball were not allowed to play on professional teams with white players. 1885 marks the year of the first all-black professional baseball team, the Cuban…
Looking Back, A History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn was the birthplace of many baseball clubs way back in the 1850s. As the organization of baseball morphed from just clubs to full-fledged leagues, professional teams were formed. Clubs…
The Origin of Baseball – Where it All Began
Baseball is considered America’s pastime, but like the country, it has not always been around. Today, the game is played with two teams of nine players. The goal for the…
Barry Bonds – A Valid Hall-of-Famer
There is nothing baseball fans enjoy more than the home run and nobody has hit more home runs than Barry Bonds. Sure Barry Bonds may arguably be the face of…
Ken Griffey Jr. – A True All Around Player
Baseball has recently lost, arguably, one of the best players to play the game this generation. After twenty- two seasons George Kenneth Griffey Jr. made the decision to retire from…
Baseball: The Negro Leagues
At the turn of the century, Rube Foster, a star pitcher for several African American teams, envisioned a baseball league for blacks that would rival the white major league, eventually…
