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The fourth line marks the legal merger of the American and National Leagues into a single Major League Baseball in 2000. World Series championships are shown with a "•", National League Pennants before the World Series are shown with a "^", and American League Pennants before the World Series are shown with a "#".
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
NBC had televised baseball since 1947, with the exception of 1990–93, and was the exclusive home of the World Series for 27 years. September 27 – In an Oakland 9–7 victory over the Angels, Anaheim's Darin Erstad hits a home run in the 2nd inning for his 99th RBI of the year from the leadoff spot to set a new record.
On October 16, 2006, the awards event itself was designated a National Special Security Event by the United States Department of Homeland Security. Reflecting the significant and enduring impact of September 11 on popular culture, months and years after the attacks, events were still impacted, with the 2003 Grammy Awards being held at Madison ...
This timeline of the 2000s in sports is a chronological list of sporting events between 2000 ... which prompts them to increase the number of televised foreign shows. ...
Repeatedly in the 1980s, MLB owners colluded to keep player salaries down. Over multiple instances the owners were found to have stolen nearly $400 million from the players. When the Major League Baseball players struck in 1994, the owners were found to have committed unfair labor practices in attempting to keep player salaries down again.
Routinely in the late 1990s and early 2000s, baseball players hit 40 or 50 home runs in a season, a feat that was considered rare even in the 1980s. It later became apparent that at least some of this power surge was a result of players using steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs .
The following are the baseball events of the year 2002 throughout the world. ... 2000. A record 9 players have multiple home run games, breaking the previous mark of ...