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• Bat
  ...h, though other hardwoods have been used. Hollow metal (such as [[aluminum bat|aluminum]]) and composite bats are now standard in most amateur baseball an ...nds for declaring the batter out, or ejected from the game. (d) No colored bat may be used in a professional game unless approved by the Rules Committee.
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• Glove
  ...ent]] which helps a [[fielder]] in catching a thrown or batted [[baseball (equipment)|ball]]. ...ay to guard against the cold, but evolved into a purpose-designed piece of equipment in the early [[20th Century]], with the development of the pocket. While gl
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• Origins of baseball
  ...ame [[Oina]]. [[Baseball]] (and [[softball]]), as well as the other modern bat, ball and running games, [[cricket]] and [[rounders]], developed from earli ...in the 1280s where they player struck a much larger ball with a club. More bat and ball games consistently appeared to be played in England for centuries
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• June 30
  ** The same [[baseball (equipment)|ball]] is used for the entire game in the [[1913 Reds|Reds']] 9 - 6 win ov ...Adams]] also homers in the game, his first since [[1925]]. He had been to bat 3,104 times without a round-tripper.
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• Equipment
  ...love]]s and [[cap]]s worn by every player, and the [[bat]] and [[baseball (equipment)|ball]] but the term also refers to specialized gear such as the catcher's ...ny pieces of gear trace their origin to a player or coach who designed the equipment to meet a personal need, from which it later spread to baseball as a whole.
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• Shin guards
  ...rder to speed up their removal and reattachment when the catcher's turn to bat comes up. * Chuck Rosciam: "The Evolution of Catcher's Equipment", in ''The Baseball Research Journal'', [[SABR]], Volume 39, Number 1 (Summ
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• Bat boy
  [[File:1956 Miami Marlins bat boy Tim Anagnost.jpg|150px|left]] [[Image:BallGirl 6-30-18.jpg|right|200px| ...[[batter]]s as they are running to [[first base]], and may otherwise keep equipment from littering the field.
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• July 15
  ...no]] points out the illegality and Cash then pops out using a regulation [[bat]]. Ryan's eight [[strikeout]]s in a row ties the [[American League]] record ...ing his fellow countryman, [[Teddy Higuera]]; it will be Higuera's only at-bat in the major leagues.
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• September 1
  ...a contract with [[Honus Wagner]] to produce the first autographed model [[bat]]. ...otests by some managers and players about the condition of the [[baseball (equipment)|ball]] in recent games has made it necessary to play two hours or more. Th
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• Pine Tar Game
  [[File:Pine tar bat.jpg|left|thumb|Brett's pine tar bat (shown at the left of the image)]] ...ed or treated with any material or substance to improve the grip." Brett's bat had pine tar nearly two feet (or 24 inches) from the knob.
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• July 17
  ...ergen]]'s hitless streak ends. It started after he singled in his first at bat against the [[1909 Giants|Giants]] on [[June 29]]th. It ends in the second ...ng SS [[Gene Alley]]), who gets an RBI double in his first major league at-bat.
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• May 9
  ...to win, 10 - 5. For Kinney, his home run comes in his last major league at-bat. ...cord with six hits (five singles and a double) in six consecutive times at bat, as Cincinnati routs [[1937 Phillies|Philadelphia]], 21 - 10, on 24 hits. [
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• Wilson Sporting Goods
  ...when it acquired the iconic ''[[Louisville Slugger]]'' brand of baseball [[bat]]s from [[Hillerich & Bradsby]], who had owned the brand for 130 years. ...otball and golf for many years. It also manufactured basketball and tennis equipment.
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• Kickball
  ...used and the ball is much larger (and softer) than a standard [[baseball (equipment)|baseball]]. In this game, typically played in schoolyards, a ball is kicke ...s a "World Kickball Association" that ensures standardization of rules and equipment and organizes tournaments.
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• March 13
  ...e runs for four consecutive seasons, twice lead the league in [[RBI]], and bat .363 in six Series. Baker will earn [[Hall of Fame]] honors in [[1955 Hall * [[1917]] - After hearing that [[Gabby Street]] had caught a [[baseball (equipment)|ball]] dropped off the Washington Monument in [[1908]], [[1917 Robins|Broo
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• Bat stretcher
  ...thy search, the poor young man is informed that there is no such tool as a bat stretcher, much to the amusement of those in on the joke. The bat stretcher joke appears in ''Bat Boy. My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees,'' wri
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• History of baseball in the United States
  ...seball players were a commodity, like cars. $5,000 bought your arm or your bat, and if you didn't like it, find someplace that would hire you. It set up a ...d tobacco juice, and it would be misshapen and lumpy from contact with the bat. Balls were only replaced if they were hit into the crowd and lost, and ma
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• July 31
  * [[1929]] - [[Babe Ruth]] hits a [[fungo bat|fungo]] 447 feet in an unofficial test, beating all trial competition recor ...and she grounds out. Manager [[Frankie Frisch]] demands it count as an at bat.
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• Simpsons Baseball References
  ==''Homer at the Bat''== ...us baseball episode [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/8F13.html ''Homer at the Bat''] details C. Montgomery Burns's attempt to stack his company [[softball]]
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• August 31
  ...A.J. Reach Company]] is granted a patent for its cork-centered [[baseball (equipment)|baseball]], which will replace the hard rubber-cored one. This change will ...tch, [[Jack Fournier]] hits a home run to tie the game. Fournier's next at bat up comes in the 10th and he homers again to give the Sox a 4 - 3 win. This
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