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  • " was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball between ... his fastball, thought to be the fastest in the game, with a deceiving ...
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  • – November 4, 1955) was an American baseball pitcher during the 1890s ... of all time, the Cy Young Award was created in 1956, one year after his death ...
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  • The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the ... it was upgraded to Major League status in 1901, 25 years after the formation ...
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  • an American star left-handed first basemen in Major League Baseball (MLB ... Although his career ended in 1930, from 1920 until 2004, Sisler held ...
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  • The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the ... it is sometimes called the Senior Circuit in contrast to the Junior Circuit ...
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  • , nicknamed Shoeless Joe, was an American baseball player who played in the ... has the third highest career batting average in Major League Baseball history ...
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  • William S. Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990), coming ... Paley was born in 1901 in Chicago to Samuel Paley and Goldie Drell ...
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  • (born May 6, 1931) is a retired American baseball player who played the majority ... Mays won two MVP awards and tied a record with 24 appearances in the ...
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  • who was an influential and important figure in the development of sports journalism ... In 1922 Rice became the first play-by-play announcer carried live ...
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  • Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr. (January 27, 1901 - August 25, 1988) was ... boxing and horse racing and was instrumental in taking them to new heights ...
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  • Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the twenty ... to the union during Harrison's term in office. President Harrison ...
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  • football player and college football coach in the early era of the sport ... his teams won the national championship in 1917 and won 33 straight games ...
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  • and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees ... free agency arrived. Known as a hands-on baseball executive, he earned the ...
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  • Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...
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  • a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south ... After the Civil War, the South was largely devastated in terms of ...
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  • conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early twentieth century ... of War before being nominated for President in the 1908 Republican National ...
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  • during the height of the Battle of Britain in November 1940, with the publishing ... While he is derided in many circles for questionable aspects of his ...
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  • Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961 ... 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in 84 feature films. He was a ...
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  • Alabama is a state located in the southern region of the United States ... Like other states in the South, Alabama is burdened by the legacy ...
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  • The varying forms of football have several aspects in common. They ... Players are required to move the ball mostly by kicking and—in some ...
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