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Many of Writing in xxxx, philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen described baseball as America's national religion.[151] In the words of sports columnist Jayson Stark, baseball has long been "a unique paragon of American culture"?a status he sees as devastated by the steroid abuse scandal.[152] Baseball has an important place in other national cultures as well: Scholar Peter Bjarkman describes "how deeply the sport is ingrained in the history and culture of a nation such as Cuba, [and] how thoroughly it was radically reshaped and nativized in Japan."[153] Since the early xxxxs, the Dominican Republic, in particular the city of San Pedro de Macorís, has been the major leagues' primary source of foreign talent.[154] Hall-of-Famer Roberto Clemente remains one of the greatest national heroes in Puerto Rico's history.[155] While baseball has long been the island's primary athletic pastime, its once well-attended professional winter league has declined in popularity since xxxx, when young Puerto Rican players began to be included in the major leagues' annual first-year Following the xxxx season, MLB announced its plan to move the Houston Astros from the NL Central to the AL West for the xxxx season, resulting in both leagues having three divisions of five teams each and allowing all teams to have a more balanced schedule. (MLB required the Astros to accept this move as a condition of approving their sale to Jim Crane.) Because each league would have an odd number of teams, interleague play would occur throughout the season, so that every team would be able to plaIn the xxxxs, aided by the Civil War, "New York"-style baseball expanded into a national game and spawned baseball's first governing body, The National Association of Base Ball Players. The NABBP existed as an amateur league for twelve years. By xxxx, more than 400 clubs were members. Most of the strongest clubs remained those based in the northeastern part of the country. For professional baseball's founding year, MLB uses the year xxxx?when the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was establiA schism developed between professional and amateur ballplayers after the founding of the Cincinnati club. The NABBP split into an amateur organization and a professional organization. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, often known as the National Association (NA), was formed in xxxx.[18] Its amateur counterpart disappeared after only a few years.[19] The modern Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves franchises trace their histories back to the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players iIn xxxx, the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (later known as the National League or NL) was established after the NA proved ineffective. The league placed its emphasis on clubs rather than on players. Clubs could now enforce player contracts, preventing players from jumping to higher-paying clubs. Clubs were required to play the full schedule of games instead of forfeiting scheduled games when the club was no longer in the running for the league championship, which happened frequently under the NA. A concerted effort was made to curb gambling on games which was leaving the validity of results in doubt. The first game in the NL ? on Saturday, April 22, xxxx (at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia) ? is often pointed to as the beginning of MLBThe early years of the NL were tumultuous, with threats from rival leagues and a rebellion by players against the hated "reserve clause", which restricted the free movement of players between clubs. Competitive leagues formed regularly and also disbanded regularly. The most successful was the American Association (xxxx?xxxx), sometimes called the "beer and whiskey league" for its tolerance of the sale of alcoholic beverages to spectators. For several years, the NL and American Association champions met in a postseason championship series ? the first attempt at a World Series. The resulting bidding war for players led to widespread contract-breaking and legal disputes. One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in xxxx went across town in Philadelphia from the NL Phillies to the AL Athletics. Barred by a court injunction from playing baseball in the state of Pennsylvania the following year, Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland team, where he played and managed for many years.[23].[21][22]n the xxxxs.[20]shed.[17]y every day.[16]player draft.[156] In the Western Hemisphere, baseball is also one of the leading sports in Canada, Colombia, Mexico, the Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. In Asia, it is among the most popular sports in South Korea and Taiwan.the pre-gameThese physical variations create a distinctive set of playing conditions at each ballpark. Other local factors, such as altitude and climate, can also significantly affect play. A given stadium may acquire a reputation as a pitcher's park or a hitter's park, if one or the other discipline notably benefits from its unique mix of elements. The most exceptional park in this regard is Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. Its high altitude?5,282 feet (1,610 m) above sea level?is responsible for gThe myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in xxxx was once widely promoted and widely believed. There is no evidence for this claim except for the testimony of one man decades later, and there is persuasive counter-evidence. Doubleday himself never made such a claim; he left many letters and papers, but they contain no description of baseball or any suggestion that he considered himself prominent in the game's history. His New York Times obituary makes no mention of baseball, nor does a xxxx Encyclopædia article about Doubleday. Contrary to popular belief, Doubleday was never inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, although a large oil portrait of him was on display at the Hall ospeculation, and innuendo, Spalding organized the Mills Commission in xxxx. The members were baseball figures, not historians: Spalding's friend Abraham G. Mills, a former National League president; two United States Senators, former NL president Morgan Bulkeley and former Washington club president Arthur Gorman; former NL president and lifelong secretary-treasurer Nick Young; two other star players turned sporting goods entrepreneurs (George Wright and Alfred Reach); and AAU president James E. SThe final report, published on December 30, xxxx, included three sections: a summary of the panel?s findings written by Mills, a letter by John Montgomery Ward supporting the panel, and a dissenting opinion by Henry Chadwick. The research methods were, at best, dubious. Mills was a close friend of Doubleday, and upon his death in xxxx, Mills orchestrated Doubleday's memorial service in New York City and burial.[16] Several other members had personal reasons to declare baseball as an "American" game, such as Spalding's strong American imperialism views.[17] The Commission found an appealing story: baseball was invented in a quaint rural town without foreigners or industry, by a young man who later graduated from West Point and served heroically in the Mexican-American War, Civil War, and U.S. wars againsThe first published rules of baseball were written in xxxx for a New York City "base ball" club called the Knickerbockers.[18] The author, Alexander Cartwright, is one person commonly known as "the father of baseball". One important rule, the 13th, stipulated that the player need not be physically hit by the ball to be put out; this permitted the subsequent use of a farther-travelling hard ball. Evolution from the so-called "Knickerbocker Rules" to the current rules is fairly welThere were once two camps. One, mostly English, asserted that baseball evolved from a game of English origin (probably rounders); the other, almost entirely American, said that baseball was an American invention (perhaps derived from the game of one-ol'-cat). Apparently they saw their positions as mutually exclusive. Some of their points seem more national loyalty than evidence: Americans tended to reject any suggestion that baseball evolved from an English game, while some English observers concluded that baseball was little more than their rounders wiThat baseball is based on English and Gaelic games such as cat, cricket, and rounders is difficult to dispute. On the other hand, baseball has many elements that are uniquely American. The earliest published author to muse on the origin of baseball, John Montgomery Ward, was suspicious of the often-parroted claim that rounders is the direct ancestor of baseball, as both were formalized in the same time period. He concluded, with some amount of patriotism, that baseball evolved separately from town-ball (i.e. rounders), out of children's "safe haGames played with bat-and-ball together may all be distant cousins; the same goes for base-and-ball games. Bat, base, and ball games for two teams that alternate in and out, such as baseball, cricket, and rounders, are likely to be close cousins. They all involve throwing a ball to a batsman who attempts to "bat" it away and run safely to a base, while the opponent tries to put the batter-runner out when liable ("liable to be put out" is the basebaWith the construction of two significant baseball parks enclosed by fences in Brooklyn, enabling promoters there to charge admission to games; the prominence of Elysian Fields began to diminish. In xxxx the leading Manhattan club, Mutual, shifted its home games to the Union Grounds in Brooklyn. In xxxx, the founders of the New York Metropolitans and New York Giants finally succeeded in siting a ballpark in Manhattan that became known as the In xxxx, clubs from the association played a cross-town, all-star series pitting Brooklyn clubs against clubs from New York and Hoboken.[21] On July 20, xxxx, an estimated crowd of about 4,000 spectators watched New York and Hoboken defeat Brooklyn by a score of 22-18. The New York team included players from the Union, Empire, Eagle, Knickerbocker and Gotham clubs. The Brooklyn team included players from the clubs Excelsior, Eckford, Atlantic and Putnam.[22] In a return match held August 17, xxxx, and played at the Fashion Course in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, a slightly smaller crowd cheered Brooklyn to a win over New York and Hoboken by a score of 29-8.[23] New York won a third game in the series, also played at the Fashion Course, on September 10, xxxx.[24] It appears that admission fees were charged, as "surplus funds" from the gamA baseball is a ball used in the sport of the same name, baseball. The ball features a rubber or cork center, wrapped in yarn and covered in leather. It is 9 to 9 1/4 inches (229?235 mm) in circumference (2 7/8?3 in or 73?76 mm in diameter). The yarn or string used to wrap the baseball can be up to one mile (1.6 km) in length. Some are wrapped in a Cushioned wood cores were patented in the late 19th century by sports equipment manufacturer Spalding, the company founded by former baseball star A.G. Spalding. During World War II, rubber centers from golf balls were used, due to wartime restrictions on the domestic use of materials. In recent years, various synthetic materials have been used to create baseballs; however, they are generally considered lower quality, and are not used in the major leagues. Using different types of materials affects the performance of the baseball. Generally a tighter-wound baseball will leave the bat faster, and fly farther. Since the baseballs used today are wound tighter than in previous years, notably the dead-ball era that prevailed through xxxx, people often say that the ball is "juiced". The height of the seams also affect how well a pitcher can pitch. Generally, in Little League through college leagues, the seams are markedly higher than In the early years of the sport, only one ball was typically used in each game, unless it was too damaged to be usable; balls hit into the stands were retrieved by team employees in order to be put back in play, as is still done today in most other sports. Over the course of a game, a typical ball would become discolored due to dirt, and often tobacco juice and other materials applied by players; damage would also occur, causing slight rips and seam bursts. However, after the xxxx death of batter Ray Chapman after being hit in the head by a pitch, perhaps due to his difficulty in seeing the ball during twilight, an effort was made to replace dirty orIn xxxx, sports magnate and former player Alfred J. Reach patented the ivory centered "ivory nut" in Panama and suggested it might be even better in a baseball than cork. However, Philadelphia Athletics president Benjamin F. Shibe, who had invented and patented [1] the cork centred ball, commented, "I look for the leagues to adopt an 'ivory nut' baseball just as soon as they adopt a ferro-concrete bat and a base studded with steel spikes.". Both leagues adopted Shibe's cork centredThe official major league ball is made by Rawlings, which produces the stitched balls in Costa Rica. Rawlings became the official supplier to the majors players in xxxx, succeeding Spalding, which had supplied the official ball for a century. The cover of the ball was traditionally horsehide through xxxx, but due to dwindling supplies cowhide was introduced in xxxx. Attempts to automate the manufacturing process were never entirely successful, leading to the continued use of hand-made balls. The raw materials are imported from the U.S., assembled into baseballs anThroughout the 20th Century, Major League Baseball used two technically identical but differently marked balls. The American Leagues had "Official American League" and the AL President's signature in blue ink, whilst National League baseballs had "Official National League" and the NL President's signature in black ink. According to Bob Feller in the xxxxs when he was a rookie the National League baseball laces were black intertwined with the red, the American League's were blue and red.[2] In xxxx, MLB reorganized its structure to eliminate the position of league presidents, and switched to one singular baseball for both leagues. Under the current rules, a major league baseball weighs between 5 and 5 1/4 ounces (142 and 149 g), and is 9 to 9 1/4 inches (229?235 mm) in circumference (2 7/8?3 in or 73?76 mm in diameter).[3] There are 108 double stitches on a baseball (which some peopToday, several dozen baseballs are used in a typical professional game, due to scratches, discoloration, and undesirable texture that can occur during the game. Balls hit out of the park for momentous occasions (record setting, or for personal reasons) are often requested to be returned by the fan who catches it, or donated freely by the fan. Usually the player will give the fan an autographed bat and/or other autographed items inMajor League Baseball (MLB) is a North American professional baseball league consisting of teams that play in the American League and National League. The two leagues, dating to xxxx and xxxx respectively as separate legal entities, merged in xxxx into a single organization led by the CommissiMLB constitutes one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America. It is composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada. Teams in MLB play 162 gameSeveral other early defunct baseball leagues are officially considered major leagues, and their statistics and records are included with those of the two current major leagues. These include the Union Association (xxxx), the American Association (xxxx?xxxx, not to be confused with later minor leagues of the same name),[26] the Players' League (xxxx)[27] and the Federal League (xxxx?xxxx).[28][29] Both the UA and NA are considered major leagues by many baseball researchers because of the perceived high caliber of play and the number of star players featured. Researchers dispute the major-league status of the UA by pointing out that franchises came and went and that the St. Louis club was deliberately "stacked"; the St. Louis club was owned by the league's president and it was the only club that was close to major-leaguThe period between xxxx and xxxx is commonly called the "dead-ball era". Games of this era tended to be low scoring and were often dominated by pitchers, such as Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, Mordecai Brown, and Grover Cleveland Alexander. The term also accurately describes the condition of the baseball itself. A baseball cost three dollars, equal to $40.39 today (in inflation-adjusted U.S. dollars). Club owners were reluctant to purchase new balls. Baseballs were left in play despite becoming stained with tobacco juice, grass and mud.[31] Balls were replaced only if they were hit into the crowd and lost, and many clubs employed security guards solely to retrieve balls hit into the stands.e caliber.[30]s each season over six months (April through September). Five teams in each league advance to a four-round postseason tournament that culminates in the World Series, a best-of-seven-games championship series between the two league champions thThe organization oversees many minor-league baseball leagues, which operate about 240 teams affiliated with the major-league clubs. With the International Baseball Federation, the league also manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament. MLB has the highest season attendance of any sports league in the world with nearly 75 millMLB maintains a unique, controlling relationship over the sport, including most aspects of minor league baseball. This is due in large part to the xxxx U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Federal Baseball Club v. National League, which held that baseball is not interstate commerce and therefore not subject to federal antitrust law. This ruling has been weakened only slightly in subsequent years.[7][8] Although there were several challenges to MLB's primacy in the sport between the xxxxs and the Federal League in xxxx, the last such challenge was the aborted Continental LeagueThe chief executive of MLB is the commissioner, Bud Selig. The chief operating officer is Rob Manfred. There are six executive vice-presidents in charge of the following areas: baseball development, business, labor relations and human resources, finance, administration (whose vice-president is MLB's Chief Information Officer), and baseball operations. As of Nov. 19, xxxx, the MLB website lists only five executive VPs; the office of executive VP for labor relations and human resources is not listThe multimedia branch of MLB is Manhattan?based MLB Advanced Media, which oversees MLB.com and each of the 30 teams' websites. Its charter states that MLB Advanced Media holds editorial independence from the League, but it is under the same ownership group and revenue-sharing plan. MLB Productions is a similarly structured wing of the league, focusing on video and traditional broadcast media. MLB also owns 67 percent of MLB Network, with the other 33 percent split between several cable operators and satellite provider DirecTV.[10] It operates out of studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, and also has editorial independence fromAs of the xxxx season, MLB is divided into 15 teams in the American League (AL) and 15 teams in the National League (NL).[12] Each league is further subdivided into East, Central, and West divisions. For 60 years, the American and National leagues fielded eight teams apiece. In the xxxxs, expansion added eight teams, including the first non-U.S. team (the Montreal Expos). Two teams were also added in the xxxxs. From xxxx through xxxx, each league consisted of an East and West division. A thiFrom xxxx to xxxx, the two major leagues consisted of two eight-team leagues. The 16 teams were located in just ten cities, all in the northeastern and midwestern United States: New York City had three teams and Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis each had two teams. St. Louis was the southernmost and westernmost city with a major league team. The longest possible road trip, from Boston to St. Louis, took about 24 hours by railroad. The era of expansion and realignment began in xxxx when the National League's Boston Braves became the Milwaukee Braves. In xxxx, the St. Louis Browns became the Baltimore Orioles. In xxxx, the Philadelphia Athletics became the Kansas City Athletics. These were three of the least successful major league franchises, even though the Braves were usually an above-.500 team, and they and the Browns had each won a league championship during the xxxxs. These three moves were not controversial. The next pair of franchise moves is still controversial.rd division was added in each league in xxxx. Through xxxx, the two leagues met on the field only during the World Series and the All-Star Game; in xxxx, regular-season interleague play was iIn xxxx, the weak National Commission, which had been created to manage relationships between the two leagues, was replaced with the much more powerful Commissioner of Baseball, who had the power to make decisions for all of professional baseball unilaterally. In xxxx, the AL and NL were dissolved as legal entities, and MLB became a single, overall league de jure,similar to the National Football League, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League ? albeit with two components called "leagues" instead of "conferences". The same rules and regulations are used in both leagues, with one exception: the AL operates under the designated hitter rule, while the NL does not.[14] This difference in rules between leagues is unique to MLB; the other sports leagues of the US and Canada have one seIn March xxxx, two new franchises ? the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now known simply as the Tampa Bay Rays) ? were awarded by MLB, to begin play in xxxx. This addition brought the total number of franchises to 30. In early xxxx, MLB decided to assign one new team to each league: Tampa Bay joined the AL and Arizona joined the NL. The original plan was to have an odd number of teams in each league (15 per league, with 5 in each division). MLB also planned to introduce interleague play in xxxx, but with each league havinThe war between the AL and NL caused shock waves throughout the baseball world. At a meeting at the Leland Hotel in Chicago in xxxx, the other baseball leagues negotiated a plan to maintain their independence. On September 5, xxxx, Patrick T. Powers, president of the Eastern League, announced the formation of the second iteration of the NA.[24] While the NA continues to this day (known as Minor League Baseball), at the time Ban Johnson saw it as a tool to end threats from smaller rivals who might expand in other territories and threaten his league'sAfter xxxx, the NL, AL and NA signed a new National Agreement which tied independent contracts to the reserve-clause national league contracts. Baseball players became a commodity. The agreement alAfter a strike threat by some players, NL President Ford Frick and Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler let it be known that any striking players would be suspended. Robinson received significant encouragement from several major league players, including Dodgers teammate Pee Wee Reese who said, "You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them."[45]Newman, Mark (April 13, xxxx). "xxxx: A time for change". MLB.com. Retrieved September 12, xxxx. That year, Robinson earned the inaugural Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award (separate NL and AL Rookie of the Year honors were not awarded untilLess than three months later, Larry Doby became the first African-American to break the color barrier in the American League with the Cleveland Indians.[47] He faced the same type of discrimination as Robinson and went on to a Hall of Fame career. The next year, a number of other black players entered the major leagues. Satchel Paige was signed by the Indians and the Dodgers added three other black players besides Robinson. xxxx).[46]so set up a formal classification system for independent minor leagues that regulated the dollar value of contracts, the forerunner of today's system that was refined by Branch Rickey.[25] The agreement gave the NA great power. The agreement with the NA punished those independent leagues who had not joined the NA and submitted to the will of the "majors". The deal also helped to prevent more pilfering of NA players with little or no compensation for the players' development. Several leagues eventually joined the NA, which grew in size over the next several years. dominance.g an odd number of teams, interleague play would have had to be used throughout the entire season, to allow every team to play every day. It was unclear, though, if interleague play would continue after the xxxx season, as it had to be approved by the players' union. For this and other reasons, it was decided that both leagues should continue to have an even number of teams; one existing club would have to switch leagues. The Milwaukee Brewers agreed in November xxxx to move from the AL to the NL, thereby making the NL a 16-team league.[15]t of rules for all teams.ntroduced.[13] the league.[11]ed.[9] in xxxx.[7]ion spectators in xxxx.at dates to xxxx.oner of Baseball.[4] exchange for the special ball.le call 216 stitches).d shipped back. ball in xxxx. worn baseballs.balls used in professional leagues.plastic like covering.es were to be donated to charity.[25]Polo Grounds.ll term for unsafe).ven" ball games.[19]thout the round.l documented.t Indians.ullivan.[15]f Fame building for many years.iving it the strongest hitter's park effect in the major leagues.[134] Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is known for its fickle disposition: a hitter's park when the strong winds off Lake Michigan are blowing out, it becomes more of a pitcher's park when they are blowing in.[135] The absence of a standardized field affects not only how particular games play out, but the nature of team rosters and players' statistical records. For example, hitting a fly ball 330 feet (100 m) into right field might result in an easy catch on the warning track at one park, and a home run at another. A team that plays in a park with a relatively short right field, such as the New York Yankees, will tend to stock its roster with left-handed pull hitters, who can best exploit it. On the individual level, a player who spends most of his career with a team that plays in a hitter's park will gain an advantage in batting statistics over time?even more so if his talents are especially suited tAlso, pitchers could manipulate the ball through the use of the spitball. (In xxxx use of this pitch was restricted to a few pitchers with a grandfather clause). Additionally, many ballparks had large dimensions, such as the West Side Grounds of the Chicago Cubs, which was 560 feet to the center field fence, and the Huntington Avenue Grounds of the Boston Red Sox, which was 635 feet to the center field fence, thus home runs were rare, and "small ball" tactics such as singles, bunts, stolen bases and the hit-and-run play dominated the strategies of the time.[32] Hitting methods like the Baltimore Chop were used to increase the number of infiThe adoption of the foul strike rule in the early twentieth century quickly sent baseball from a high-scoring game to one where scoring runs became a struggle. Prior to the institution of this rule, foul balls were not counted as strikes: a batter could foul off any number of pitches with no strikes counted against him; this gave an enormous advantage to the batter. In xxxx, the NL adopted the foul strike rule, and the AL followed suit After the xxxx World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, baseball was rocked by allegations of a game fixing scheme known as the Black Sox Scandal. Eight players - Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Claude Williams, Buck Weaver, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullin, Charles Risberg, and Oscar "Happy" Felsch - intentionally lost the World Series in exchange for a ring of $100,000.[35] Despite being acquitted, all were permanently banned from Major League Baseball.[36]in xxxx.[34]eld singles.[33]o the park.[136] and in-game strategic decisions in baseball revolve around a fundamental fact: in general, right-handed batters tend to be more successful against left-handed pitchers and, to an even greater degree, left-handed batters tend to be more successful against right-handed pitchers.[108] A manager with several left-handed batters in the regular lineup who knows the team will be facing a left-handed starting pitcher may respond by starting one or more of the right-handed backups on the team's roster. During the late innings of a game, as relief pitchers and pinch Baseball's popularity increased in the xxxxs and xxxxs. The xxxx season was notable for the death of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians. Chapman, who was struck in the head by a pitch and died a few hours later, became the only MLB player to die of an on-field injury. The following year, the New York Yankees made their first World Series appearance.[37] By the end of the xxxxs, the team had appeared in 11 World Series, winning eight of them.[38] Yankees slugger Babe Ruth had set the single season home run record in xxxx, hitting 60 home runs; a few years earlier, Ruth had set the same record with 29 hAffected by the difficulties of the Great Depression, baseball's popularity had begun a downward turn in the early xxxxs. By xxxx, only two MLB teams turned a profit. Attendance had fallen, due at least in part to a 10% federal amusement tax added to baseball ticket prices. Baseball owners cut their rosters from 25 men to 23 men, and even the best players took pay cuts. Team executives were innovative in their attempts to survive, creating night games, broadcasting games live by radio and rolling out promotions such as free admission for women. Throughout the period of the Great Depression, no MLB teams On January 14, xxxx, MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding the continuation of baseball during the war, called the Green Light Letter. In this letter, the commissioner pleaded for the continuation of baseball in hopes for a start of a new major league season. President Roosevelt responds "I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have a chance for recreation and for taking their minds off their work even moreThe following year, the Dodgers called Robinson up to the major leagues. On April 15, xxxx, Robinson made his major league debut at Ebbets Field before a crowd of 26,623 spectators, including more than 14,000 black patrons. Black baseball fans began flocking to see the Dodgers when they came to town, abandoning their Negro league teams which they had followed exclusively. Robinson's promotion met a generally positive, although mixed, reception among newspapers and white major league players. Manager Leo Durocher informed his team, "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like Baseball experts consider the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers' boss Walter O'Malley to be "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era."[48] Before the xxxx Major League Baseball season, he moved the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles.[49] When O'Malley moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn, he appeared on the cover of TIME magazine.[50] O'Malley was also influential in persuading the rival New York Giants to move west and become the San Francisco Giants. The Giants were already suffering from slumping attendance records at their aging ballpark, the Polo Grounds. Had the Dodgers moved out west alone, the St. Louis Cardinals?1,600 mi (2,575 km) away[51][52]?would have been the closest NL team. The joint move made West Coast road trips economical for visiting teams.[53] O'Malley invited San Francisco Mayor George Christopher to New York to meet with Giants owner Horace Stoneham.[53] Stoneham was considering moving the Giants to Minnesota,[54] but he was convinced to join O'Malley on the West Coast at the end of the xxxx campaign. The meetings occurred during the xxxx season and against the wishes of Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick.[55] The dual moves were successful for both franchises ? and for MLB.[49] The Dodgers set a major-league, single-game attendance record in their first home appearance with 78,672 fans.[53]a fuckin' zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded."[44] than before."[41]moved or folded.[40]ome runs.[39]hitters are brought in, the opposing managers will often go back and forth trying to create favorable matchups with their substitutions: the manager of the fielding team trying to arrange same-handed pitcher-batter matchups, the manager of the batting team trying to arrange opposite-handed matchups. With a team that has the lead in the late innings, a manager may remove a starting position player?especially one whose turn at bat is not likely to come up again?for a more skillful fielder.[109]
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