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In games where a ball may be legally caught (e.g. baseball) or carried (e.g. American football), a player (or the player's team) may be penalized for dropping the ball; for example, an American football player who drops a ball ("fumbles") risks having the ball recovered and carried by the other team; in baseball, a player who drops a thrown or ...
That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all. — Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, on his preference for baseball over American football and basketball, in which a team who lead often try to stall play in order that time should expire; There are only five things you can do in baseball: run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power.
In baseball, professional leagues are classified according to their level of play and quality of talent, with Major League Baseball being the highest level of play and the various leagues comprising Minor League Baseball ranked below. If a player is competing in a league above their level of ability, they are said to be "out of their league".
Among them are quotes from luminaries like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain, who amusingly summed up spring's unpredictable weather by observing, "In the Spring, I ...
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