On page 11 of his autobiography Casey at the Bat: The Story of My Life in Baseball ( Random House, 1962 ), Casey Stengel describes how his nickname of " K. C.

* An autobiography, I Love This Game: My Life and Baseball ( ISBN 0-06-017710-1 ), published by HarperCollins in 1993 ; and

The Babe Signed My Shoe: Baseball As It Was – And Will Always Be, edited by Geoff Upward.

Stories from My Life in Baseball.

Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball, with Tom Keegan.

After retiring from his Major League Baseball playing career, he authored a book entitled Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir.

* TJ: My Twenty-Six Years in Baseball, Bantam, 1991.

In his book My Life in Baseball, Ty Cobb wrote about ballplaying in Georgia around 1898: " At eleven and twelve, I liked to play cow-pasture baseball — what we called town ball.

Barlick scouted many umpires who wound up having long careers, and was, according to Bruce Froemming, “ very proud of the staff he built .” In 1989, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, stating in his speech, " My dreams are fulfilled far beyond my expectations.

For the " My SportsCenter " segment in week 4, on March 14, 2004, all the eight remaining contestants were sent to Florida to do reports on Major League Baseball teams in Spring Training.

# " Don't Beat My Ass ( With a Baseball Bat )" – 3: 12

: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head — My 25 Years in Baseball in May 2007.

Catching Dream: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

* My Baseball Diary ( 1957 )

* Minor League News-Historical / Opinion article suggesting Rickey as potential future leader of Major League Baseball

Shea, the chairman of Mayor Wagner's Baseball Committee, will be joined on the dais by Warren Spahn, the southpaw pitching ace of the Milwaukee Braves ; ;

* 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

Webb, a specialist in throwing the sinkerball, received 15 of 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Of great surprise to many fans was a brand new color scheme ; apparently the original colors used by the franchise since Major League Baseball awarded it to Jerry Colangelo's ownership group in 1995 were to be discontinued.

After winning the opening game of the season on March 31 on the road against the Cincinnati Reds, the Diamondbacks found themselves with the best record in Major League Baseball, 20 – 8, by the start of May.

The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge.

Known as " Big Mac ", the encyclopedia became the standard baseball reference until 1988, when Total Baseball was released by Warner Books using more sophisticated technology.

In Major League Baseball history, Ty Cobb had a record 4, 191 hits ( later revised to 4, 189 ) by 1928 in sports | 1928 ; Pete Rose would surpass it 57 years later, and finish with 4, 256 career hits.

The scoring and criteria for awarding a stolen base to a runner are covered by rule 10. 07 of the Major League Baseball rule book.

Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game ( 2005 ), by David Block, suggests that the game originated in England ; recently uncovered historical evidence supports this position.

* Baseball PBS documentary directed by Ken Burns

To settle the matter, the two men appointed a commission, headed by Abraham Mills, the fourth president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs.

In the late 1990s, functions that had been administered separately by the two major leagues ' administrations were united under the rubric of Major League Baseball.

Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ).

In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is annually given to one player from each league as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ).

The jersey was purchased by another auction company on behalf of a private client and is now on loan to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The award, created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949, one year after Ruth's death.

On June 30, 2009, the Orioles rallied to score 10 runs against Boston Red Sox after facing a 10 – 1 deficit in the 7th inning, winning the game by 11 – 10, setting a Major League Baseball record for the largest comeback by a last-place team over a first-place team.

Selig had by this time become chairman of the Executive Council of Major League Baseball, and as such became de facto acting commissioner.

Joe Sheehan from Baseball Prospectus wrote that the commission has been focusing " blame for the era exclusively on uniformed personnel ", and failing to investigate any role played by team ownership and management.

In the documentary television series Baseball ( 1994 ), directed by Ken Burns, Costas indicated that he had a very poor relationship with his father, but did not go into specifics.

Barred from Major League Baseball during his prime, Veeck's signing of the aging star in 1948 was viewed by many as another publicity stunt.

The Indians were named " Organization of the Year " by Baseball America in 1992, in response to the appearance of offensive bright spots and an improving farm system.

The Colorado Baseball Commission, led by banking executive Larry Varnell, was successful in getting Denver voters to approve a 0. 1 percent sales tax to help finance a new baseball stadium.

* December 1 – Larry Walker, Canadian Major League Baseball player

Other members of the Hall who played in both the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball are Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson.

* Larry Fritz, Major League Baseball player

* Larry Barnett, Longtime Umpire 1969-1999 Major League Baseball, Worked infamous Game 3 of 1975 World Series and 1996 Jeffrey Maier American League Championship Series.

* Larry Brown, Major League Baseball infielder who played from 1963 to 1974.

* Greenwood has produced one Major League Baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, Cy Buker, and three National Football League players, Larry Krause with the Green Bay Packers, Harland Carl with the Chicago Bears, and Bill Miklich with the New York Giants, and Detroit Lions.

* Larry Jaster, former Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, and Atlanta Braves

In 1994, she covered the song " Take Me Out To The Ball Game " for Ken Burns ' film Baseball, as well as a recording of " I've Got a Crush On You " for Larry Adler's covers album The Glory of Gershwin.

In an article in the July 1952 issue of SPORT, Speaker recounted how Bill Veeck hired him to be a coaching consultant to Larry Doby, who in 1947 had become the American League's first black player and just the second player to cross the baseball color barrier in Major League Baseball.

Lawrence Eugene " Larry " Doby ( December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003 ) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball ( MLB ).

Premier Baseball League play their home games at Mundy Park ; the Reds ' most famous alumnus is former Major League All-Star and National League MVP Larry Walker.

Eventually he took a job in the PR department of the San Diego Padres where he worked closely with Larry Lucchino ; soon Epstein would become the team's Director of Baseball Operations.

Jeff Bajenaru was believed to have been ( until 2006 ) the only active Major League Baseball player with a SABR membership ; Elden Auker, Larry Dierker, and Andy Seminick also have been involved.

Larry Kenneth Robert Walker ( born December 1, 1966 ) is a Canadian former right fielder in Major League Baseball.

* In the field of sports, Niagara alumni include: Hubie Brown, two-time NBA Coach of the Year and Basketball Hall of Fame member ; Larry Costello, six-time NBA All-Star and NBA coach ; Frank Layden, NBA Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year ; Sal Maglie, two-time MLB National League All-Star ; Joe McCarthy, seven-time MLB World Series Champion and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum member ; and Calvin Murphy, three-time All-American, NBA All-Star and Basketball Hall of Fame member

After the 2007 season, Major League Baseball made it mandatory for coaches to wear helmets with the 2008 season, although some coaches, such as the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Larry Bowa, have disagreed with the decision.

Additionally, numerous former players with the Negro Leagues played in the Senior Intercounty Baseball League after the Negro Leagues gradually folded after Jackie Robinson broke the " colour barrier " in 1947, including pitcher Ted Alexander of the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays ( 1950-51 London Majors ); Wilmer Fields ( Brantford Red Sox ); Jimmy Wilkes ( retired jersey # 5 for the Brantford Red Sox, later became a City league umpire after a decade with Brantford ); Gentry ( Geep ) Jessup ( Galt Terriers ); Larry Cunningham ( Galt Terriers, Hamilton Cardinals ); Ed Steele ( Galt ) and Shanty Clifford ( Galt and Brantford ); Luther Clifford ; Max Manning ; Lester Lockett ; Bob Thurman and Stanley Glenn ( St. Thomas Elgins ); all made numerous appearances at Labatt Park in the 1950s.

Following the 2004 season, General Manager Todd Parnell was honored as the Eastern League Executive of the Year, and the franchise won the Larry MacPhail Trophy for the best promotional effort ( on and off the field ) in all of Minor League Baseball.

The first official statistics for the Negro leagues were compiled as part of a statistical study sponsored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and supervised by Larry Lester and Dick Clark ; a research team collected statistics from thousands of boxscores of league-sanctioned games.

The color line in American baseball excluded players of black African descent from Major League Baseball and affiliated minor leagues, until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season and in 1947, both Robinson in the National League and Larry Doby with the American League's Cleveland Indians appeared in games for the first time in MLB history.

* Larry Doyle ( 1886 – 1974 ), Major League Baseball player

Alou would become the leader in Expos games managed, while guiding the team to winning records, including 1994, when the Expos, led by a talented group of players including Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez, had the best record in the major leagues until the 1994 – 95 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season.

Lawrence Joseph Doyle ( July 31, 1886 – March 1, 1974 ), nicknamed " Laughing Larry ," was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1920 who played almost his entire career for the New York Giants.