* 1894 is Major League Baseball's highest scoring season as Boston Beaneaters set the current record for the most runs scored in a season ( 1220 ) and another standing record with seven players scoring 100 or more runs ; in addition, Philadelphia Phillies bat. 349 for the season with all four outfielders above. 400, but finish fourth despite the feat

In, Cool Papa Bell was ranked 66th on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players, one of five players so honored who played all or most of his career in the Negro leagues, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Since then, most collegiate, amateur, and professional leagues have adopted the rule or some variant ; MLB's National League and Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League are the most prominent professional leagues that do not use a designated hitter.

Armey was first elected to the House in 1984 in the 26th District of Texas, defeating freshman congressman Tom Vandergriff in what is still considered a huge upset ( Vandergriff is well known in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, most notably for bringing Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers to the area ).

Weiss was one of Major League Baseball's most successful farm system directors and general managers.

Major League Baseball's National League is the most prominent league that still requires pitchers to bat.

Attendance continued to be so good that the Bulls were promoted to the AAA level 3 years later, when Major League Baseball's most recent round of expansion required the addition of two new AAA teams.

Messersmith is most famous for his role in the historic Seitz decision which led to the downfall of Major League Baseball's reserve clause and ushered in the current era of free agency.

Although the bulk of his playing career was as the third baseman and second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, Hatton is most identified with his native Texas: he was born in Beaumont, attended the University of Texas at Austin, managed minor league teams in Houston and San Antonio and was an important contributor to the early years of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros.

The son of Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose, Pete Jr. played in the minor leagues most of his career except for a brief stint in for the Cincinnati Reds.

In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) is a round in the postseason that determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to Major League Baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.

However, in 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion ( they also added the former Florida ( now Miami ) Marlins ), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus were granted a franchise ; they took the name “ Rockies ” due to Denver's proximity to the Rocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo.

That song is included on Baseball's Greatest Hits compact discs.

* 1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.

The team is a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League and plays its home games at Miller Park.

The name " Nets " was used because it rhymes with the names of two other professional sports teams that played in the New York metropolitan area at the time: Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York Jets, and because it relates to basketball in general, as it is part of the basket.

* Norwalk is the birthplace of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown and American League Baseball's first president, Ban Johnson.

Opponents of the rule contend that the purpose of the game is to spotlight Major League Baseball's best players, and that some superior players are left off the roster in favor of possibly less deserving players from weaker teams.

In professional sports, it is the mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball's National League and the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League.

Mr. Met is the official mascot of Major League Baseball's New York Mets.

The original Mr. Met head is now on display at the New York Mets Hall of Fame and Museum at Citi Field. He Is " Baseball's Favorite Mascot "

Turner Field is a stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, home to Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves since 1997.

* Every player with 10 or more years of major-league experience who has not been active in the previous 20 years, and is not on Major League Baseball's ineligible list, is eligible for Veterans Committee consideration.

It is home to two major sports venues-Arrowhead Stadium, home of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, and Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals.

Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals, opened in spring 1973 as Royals Stadium and is located adjacent to Arrowhead.

That song is contained on the CD Baseball's Greatest Hits.

John Sterling ( born John Sloss, July 4, circa 1948-dubious, see below ) is an American sportscaster best known as the radio play-by-play announcer of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees.

Coors Field is a baseball venue located in Denver, Colorado It is the home field of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies.

The Thunderdome, now Tropicana Field, is currently home to Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays.

Also new to 1988 is a 336-card set called " Baseball's Best " and 27-card " Team Books " of the A's, Cubs, Mets, Red Sox and Yankees.

Owned by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, it is the home of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball's American League.

A 2004 book by Howard W. Rosenberg, Cap Anson 2: The Theatrical and Kingly Mike Kelly: U. S. Team Sport's First Media Sensation and Baseball's Original Casey at the Bat, reprints a 1905 Thayer letter to a Baltimore scribe who was asking about the poem's roots.

In an essay published in the 1984 Abstract, James vented his frustration about Major League Baseball's refusal to publish play-by-play accounts of every game.

Bartman's name, as well as personal information about him, appeared on Major League Baseball's online message boards minutes after the game ended.

It also stated that the Commissioner of Baseball's office had known about Dykstra's steroid use since 2000.

Although Mussina did not achieve perfection, James Buckley, Jr. considered it special enough to include an appendix chapter about it in his 2002 book Perfect: The Inside Story of Baseball's Sixteen Perfect Games.

From 2002 to 2005, MSG aired games from Major League Baseball's New York Mets on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, games which previously aired on FSNY ( MSG, FSNY, and WPIX each carried about 50 games a season on consistent days of the week ).

* 30th Anniversary of Saving the Flag-Major League Baseball's 30th Anniversary news story about the flag incident

It was reported that when DirecTV and Major League Baseball completed their deal for MLB Extra Innings in 2007, the deal will include DirecTV carrying Major League Baseball's league owned MLB Network, at first on an exclusive basis.

Jerome Holtzman, Major League Baseball's official historian from 1999 until his death in 2008, believed Selig to be the best commissioner in baseball history.

The franchise was named California Seals in an attempt to appeal to fans from San Francisco, and to address complaints from the other NHL teams that Oakland was not considered a major league city ( notwithstanding the presence of the American Football League's Oakland Raiders and the pending relocation of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Athletics ) and would not be a draw for fans.

The matchup between divisions, as first pioneered by Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, would only be used for six seasons as MLS tried experimenting with different formats.

Upon being made general manager of the Indians, Slapnicka transferred Feller's contract from the Fargo-Moorhead Twins to the New Orleans Pelicans, with the plan being adding him to the major league roster after a few exhibition and semi-pro games without visiting either farm club, in a move that would be in violation of Major League Baseball's ( MLB ) rules.

On May 2, 2005, Rincón became the fifth baseball player to be suspended for testing positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs under Major League Baseball's drug policy.

** Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners use " northwest green " as a secondary color, this is not to be confused with teal as it is more of a dark cyan.

Subsequently, Benson was named College Baseball's Player of the Year, only the second ( after fellow future major leaguer and Olympian Ben McDonald ) to be so honored on the strength of his pitching alone.

On April 26, 2005, Strong became the fourth baseball player to be suspended for testing positive on illegal performance-enhancing drugs under Major League Baseball's new drug policy.

It was reported by some news outlets to be the first time an independent American baseball club had formed an affiliation with a foreign team or league, however, in 1972 and 1973 the California League's team based in Lodi, California had an affiliation with Nippon Professional Baseball's Nishitetsu Lions.

According to Seymour Siwoff, who was on Baseball's Committee for Statistical Accuracy, the feat could not be listed with the " pure " no-hitters because " Young didn't get the chance to go out and pitch the ninth ... who knows what would have happened if he did.