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Born near Scranton, Pa., he graduated from Bucknell University and became one of baseball's first superstars while pitching for the New York Giants in the early 1900s.
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Probably the best and most famous Latino ballplayer of all time, this Pittsburgh Pirate died in a plane crash while on the way to deliver supplies to an earthquake-ravaged Nicauragua.
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Jackie ____________ was the frst African-American to play in the Major Legaues, breaking the so-called color barrier in 1947.
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Number of feet between bases.
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This Yankee played in 2.130 straight games before a debilitating and fatal disease forced him out of the lineup; he died at age 37.
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Major League Baseball teams are divided into two leagues: the National and the __________
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The number of strikes a hitter gets in an at-bat, it's also the number of outs a team gets in an inning.
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Describes a single sequence of action that results in not just one out, but two. (Two words)
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The two teams that re-located from New York to California in the late 1950s, thereby bringing Major Legaue baseball to teh West Coast: The ____________ and the _______________.
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Because the National is the older of the two leagues, it's sometimes called the ___________ circuit.
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Using the bat to purposefully make light contact with a pitch, so that the ball will travel just a few feet.
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The World Series is a best-of-_________ series, meanig the first team to win four games is the champ.
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No Major League batter ever got more hits in a career than this player -- but he's not in the Hall of Fame because he bet on baseball.
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New York borough where the Yankees play.
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Known as the Queen City, it was home to the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings, established in 1869.
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Baseball teams prepare for a new season duing Spring Training, which occurs either in Florida or this state.
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Hall of Fame Jewish pitcher who took a stand for his faith when he decline to pitch in the World Series on Yom Kippur.
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After being sold by the Red Sox to the Yankees, he became a slugging sensation, setting records and ensuring that the Red Sox and Yankees would be blood rivals for decades to come.
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Seventh-inning __________: Time during each game when fans are encouraged to stand up and sing 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame.'
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