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Title: Baseball Trivia


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Baseball Trivia
Created by Kathie DeMeritt using facts from PBS,
"Baseball Timeline." http//www.pbs.org/kenburns/b
aseball/timeline/ (accessed 04/05/2011).
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1839
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  • Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing
    baseball in Cooperstown, New York in 1839.

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1866
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  • The first womens' baseball team is started in
    1866 by a group from Vassar College.

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1882
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  • The American Baseball Association, also known as
    the Beer and Whiskey League, is created.

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1903
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  • The Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates
    play the first World Series in 1903.

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1912
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  • In 1912, Fenway Park opens and the first
    players' strike in Major League Baseball occurs.

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1919
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  • In 1919, the most famous scandal in baseball
    history eight players from the Chicago White Sox
    are accused of throwing the World Series against
    the Cincinnati Reds.

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1921
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  • Baseball is broadcast on radio for the first
    time.

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1943
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  • In 1943, the All-American Girls Professional
    Baseball League is formed.
    (See Movie - A League of Their Own)

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1947
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  • In 1947, the first World Series was televised.

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1977
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  • In 1977, Reggie Jackson hits three consecutive
    home runs in a World Series game.

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1989
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  • A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes San
    Francisco just before the third game of the World
    Series.

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1994
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  • 1994 is the year without a World Series the
    longest and costliest strike in baseball history
    begins on August 12, and lasts until the
    following spring.

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1998
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  • In 1998, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpass
    Roger Maris' single-season home run record.

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2000
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  • In 2000 for the first time, the Major League
    Baseball season opens in Tokyo, Japan (Chicago
    Cubs vs. New York Mets).

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2002
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  • In 2002, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, an outfielder for the
    San Francisco Giants, becomes the first Japanese
    player to take part in a World Series game.
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