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World Series Winners By Year 1980s

1989-Oakland 4, San Francisco 0-This series is best remembered for the massive earthquake that struck Northern California before Game 3, disrupting play for ten days. The Athletics dominated the first two...

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World Series Winners By Year 1990s

1999-New York Yankees 4, Atlanta 0-The Yankees were flying high, as this was their second straight championship, third in the last four years, and 25th overall in the team's history. As had become common for...

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MANAGER JOE TORRE AND OWNER GEORGE STEINBRENNER RECEIVE TROPHY FOR 1998 CHAMPIONS: THE NEW YORK YANKEES76

Best Baseball Teams Ever

There is no end to the statistical comparisons that could be made to select the best baseball teams in history. I set out to review the data and this led to me to discover that since 1907, twelve baseball...

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World Series Winners By Year 1970s

1979-Pittsburgh 4, Baltimore 3-In a rematch of the 1971 Fall Classic, the Pirates pulled off a stunning comeback after trailing, three games to one. Led by 38-year-old Willie "Pops" Stargell," Pittsburgh...

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Athletics’ All-Time Strikeout Leaders

  The Oakland Athletics (A’s) moved to Oakland in 1968.  They began play as the Philadelphia A’s in 1901, and moved to Kansas City in 1954 before eventually landing in California.  The team has a...

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2009 MLB Predictions

The 2009 Major League Baeball kicks off with the Opening Night game with the Philadelphia Phillies hosting the Atlanta Braves on the night of Sunday, April 5. All of the 28 other teams will begin their season...

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A Tribute to the Stolen Base King: Rickey Henderson

  On August 1st, the Oakland Athletics will honor one of the greatest players of Major League Baseball’s history when they retire the number 24 in honor of outfielder Rickey Henderson. Although he...

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Greatest Oakland Athletics Sluggers of All-Time

The Oakland Athletics (A's) have been in Oakland for forty years. Before that, the franchise was in Kansas City for thirteen seasons and before that they were in Philadelphia for about fifty years. Over the...

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All-Time American League Winningest Pitchers By Team

The best way to judge a great pitcher over time is by how many games he wins, plain and simple. Here, we take a look at the American League franchise leaders in pitching victories all-time. As with other hubs...

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Justin Morneau with his AL MVP Award from 200749

MVPs vs. All-Stars

In the MLB, every year there is an annual All-Star game played between the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The teams are made up of 32 players on each team. The players make the All-Star...

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