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1965 Major League Baseball season
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It was also the final season for the Braves in Milwaukee, before relocating to Atlanta for the 1966 season. The Los Angeles Angels officially changed their name to California Angels in advance of their pending 1966 move to a new stadium in Anaheim, president Lyndon Johnson is on hand for an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and recently renamed Houston Astros. It is the first game to be played indoors at the new Harris County Domed Stadium, april 23 – Lindsey Nelson, broadcaster for the New York Mets, calls todays Mets-Astros game from a gondola suspended above second base in the Astrodome. June 8 – The first Major League draft is held for high school, the Kansas City Athletics use the first overall pick to draft Rick Monday. In the tenth round, the New York Mets select Alvin, july 13 – At Minnesota, Willie Mays hits a home run with two walks and two runs to pace the National League to a 6–5 All-Star Game victory over the American League. Juan Marichal pitches three scoreless innings to earn Game MVP, august 19 – Jim Maloney walks ten Cubs, none of whom score. Leo Cárdenas hits a home run off of the Wrigley Fields left field foul pole in the inning for the games only run. It was Maloneys second 10 inning no-hitter of the season, he lost the first one 1–0 when the Mets scored a run on two hits in the bottom of the 11th inning. Both benches clear and a 14-minute brawl ensues, before such as Koufax. A shaken up Koufax then gives up a 3 run homer to Mays, august 30 – Casey Stengel announces his retirement as manager of the New York Mets, ending a fifty-five-year career as player and manager. He is the man to have played for or managed all four of New Yorks Major League clubs. September 2 – Ernie Banks hits his 400th career home run helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5–3. September 9 – At Dodger Stadium, a duel between the Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax and Bob Hendley of the Chicago Cubs is perfect until Dodger left fielder Lou Johnson walks in the fifth inning. Following a sacrifice bunt, Johnson steals third base and scores on an error by Cubs catcher Chris Krug. Johnson later has the only hit, a 7th-inning double. Koufaxs fourth no-hitter in four years is a game, the first in Dodgers history. One hit by two clubs in a completed nine-inning game is also a league record, as is the one runner left on base. The two base runners in a game is an ML record, for Chicago pitchers, it is the second one-hitter theyve thrown against the Dodgers this year and lost
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Baseball
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases, Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the team who reaches a base safely can later attempt to advance to subsequent bases during teammates turns batting. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the team records three outs. One turn batting for both teams, beginning with the team, constitutes an inning. A game is composed of nine innings, and the team with the number of runs at the end of the game wins. Baseball has no clock, although almost all games end in the ninth inning. Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century and this game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, in the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball teams are divided into the National League and American League, each with three divisions, East, West, and Central. The major league champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series, the top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues and in Cuba between the West League and East League. The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision, a French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball. Other old French games such as thèque, la balle au bâton, consensus once held that todays baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Baseball Before We Knew It, A Search for the Roots of the Game, by David Block, suggests that the game originated in England, recently uncovered historical evidence supports this position. Block argues that rounders and early baseball were actually regional variants of other. It has long believed that cricket also descended from such games. The earliest known reference to baseball is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, David Block discovered that the first recorded game of Bass-Ball took place in 1749 in Surrey, and featured the Prince of Wales as a player. William Bray, an English lawyer, recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guildford and this early form of the game was apparently brought to Canada by English immigrants
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1965
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January 1 – Canadian ship SS Catala is driven onto the beach in Ocean Shores, Washington, stranding her. January 4 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address, january 9 – The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan. January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years, january 19 – The unmanned Gemini 2 is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems. January 20 Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a term as President of the United States. Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations, january 26 – Anti-Hindi agitations break out in India, because of which Hindi does not get National Language status and remains one of the 23 official languages of India. January 30 – The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of statesmen in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. February 6 – English footballer Sir Stanley Matthews plays his final First Division game, february 12 – The African and Malagasy Common Organization is formed as successor to the Afro-Malagasy Union for Economic Cooperation, formerly the African and Malagasy Union. February 15 – A new red and white maple leaf design is inaugurated as the flag of Canada, replacing the Union Flag, february 17 – Joan Rivers makes her Tonight Show debut. February 18 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom, february 20 Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon, after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. Suat Hayri Ürgüplü forms the new government of Turkey, february 21 – African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City. February 22 – A new, revised, color production of Rodgers, Lesley Ann Warren makes her TV debut in the title role. The show becomes an annual tradition, the film of The Sound of Music premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York City. March 7 – Bloody Sunday, Some 200 Alabama State Troopers attack 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, March 8 – Vietnam War, Some 3,500 United States Marines arrive in Da Nang, South Vietnam, becoming the first American ground combat troops in Vietnam. White supremacists beat up white Unitarian Universalist minister James J. Reeb later that day in Selma, goldie, a London Zoo golden eagle, is recaptured 12 days after her escape. March 15 – President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his We Shall Overcome speech, March 16 – Police clash with 600 SNCC marchers in Montgomery, Alabama. March 17 In Montgomery, Alabama,1,600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse. In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama and it is passed by the Senate May 26, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson August 6. March 18 Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space, a United States federal judge rules that SCLC has the lawful right to march to Montgomery, Alabama, to petition for redress of grievances
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1961 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1961 throughout the world. Roger Maris hits 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruths record, february 7 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Jensen makes a return to the major leagues by signing a $40,000 contract. Jensen had retired in 1960 due to a fear of flying, Jensen will hit.263 with 13 home runs in 1961. March – The Cuban government, led by Fidel Castro, abolishes professional baseball and ends the Cuban League, which was started in 1878, march 6 – The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. formally receives a certificate of membership from National League President Warren Giles. April 11 At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox rookie Carl Yastrzemski gets a hit off Ray Herbert of the Kansas City Athletics and it is the first of 3,318 hits that Yastrzemski will amass over an illustrious 23-year career. The Los Angeles Angels play the first game in history, defeating the Baltimore Orioles team. For the Angels, Ted Kluszewski hits two home runs while Eli Grba pitches a complete game, at Yankee Stadium, the Minnesota Twins shut out the New York Yankees, 6–0, in their first game since their move from Washington, D. C. Pedro Ramos is the pitcher, helping himself with a two-run single while allowing just three singles in beating Yankees starter, Whitey Ford. Roberts is now 5-6 on Opening Day, april 21 – The Minnesota Twins play their very first home game in franchise history losing to the Washington Senators 5–3. April 22 – The Boston Red Sox snap a 13-game losing streak in Chicagos Comiskey Park by edging the Chicago White Sox 7–6 on Pumpsie Greens 11th-inning home run. April 27 – The Los Angeles Angels drew a crowd of 11,931 for their opener against the Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Wrigley Field. Ty Cobb, in his last appearance at a ball park, Minnesota starter Camilo Pascual spoils the opener by winning, 4–2, sending the Angels to their eighth loss in nine games. April 30 – San Francisco Giants slugger Willie Mays became the player to hit four home runs in a single game as the Giants beat the Milwaukee Braves, 14–4. May 31 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Carroll Hardy pinch-hits for rookie Carl Yastrzemski, on September 20,1960, Hardy pinch hit for Ted Williams, making him the only player to go in for both future Hall of Famers. Hardy also hit his first major league home run pinch-hitting for Roger Maris when both were at Cleveland, june 29 – Willie Mays hits 3 home runs helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7. July 4 Willie Mays hits his 300th career home run, in the first game of a Metropolitan Stadium double-header, the Twins Julio Becquer hits the first recorded four-pitcher grand slam. Billy Pierce, up 4-2 in the ninth, allows a single to Bob Allison, russ Kemmerer enters and allows a single to Earl Battey. Frank Baumann is brought in, he walks Lenny Green to load the bases, White Sox manager Al López goes with righty Warren Hacker and Twins manager Sam Mele counters with pinch-hitter Becquer
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1962 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40–120 record of the New York Mets, the third-worst winning percentage, World Series, New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants, Ralph Terry, MVP All-Star Game, July 10 at D. C. January 28 – Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee, April 10 – In the first regular-season game ever at Dodger Stadium, the Cincinnati Reds spoil the Los Angeles Dodgers opening-day party by beating them 6–3. That same day, in the very first Major League Baseball game played in the state of Texas, the Houston Colt. 45s play their first game in franchise history, defeating the Chicago Cubs 11-2. April 11 – The New York Mets play the first official game in franchise history, gil Hodges and Charlie Neal provide bright spots for the Mets, hitting the first two home runs in the new franchises history. April 12 – In his Major League debut, Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers ties Karl Spooners record by striking out the first six Major League batters he faces. He enters the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium with two out in the inning and strikes out Vada Pinson for the final out. He then records a third inning, the victims are Frank Robinson, Gordy Coleman, Wally Post. To date, Richert is the pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning in his Major League debut. His record-tying sixth strikeout is of Tommy Harper leading off the fourth inning, the Dodgers defeat the Reds 11–7 with Richert gaining the victory, having struck out seven batters, walking none, and allowing no hits in 3 1⁄3 innings. April 13 – National League baseball officially returns to New York City, as the New York Mets play the first home game in franchise history, April 18 – Ernie Banks hits his 300th career home run, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Colt. 45s 3–2. April 23 – The New York Mets earn their first victory in franchise history, may 5 – Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels no-hits the Baltimore Orioles 2–0 at Dodger Stadium. The no-hitter is the first in franchise and stadium history. May 12 – New York Mets relief pitcher Craig Anderson wins both ends of a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Braves, success will soon turn to failure, because Anderson will lose his next 16 decisions on the season and 19 decisions overall. In fact, he will never win another game in the major leagues, may 29 – Ernie Banks hits three home runs, but his Chicago Cubs still fall to the Milwaukee Braves 11–9 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. June 18 – At the Polo Grounds, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hits a home run over the field wall. The shot, a slam, comes off Jay Hook in the Braves 7-1 victory over the New York Mets and is the second in back-to-back days. The day before, Lou Brock of the Chicago Cubs had hit one over the field wall
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1963 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1963 throughout the world. March 22 – The New York Mets, who finished last in the National League with a 40–120 record in their inaugural season, Willey will boost a pitching rotation that includes Roger Craig, Al Jackson and Tracy Stallard. The Mets will improve to 51–111 in 1963, april 11 – Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves becomes the all-time winningest left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball history. His 6–1 victory over the New York Mets gives him 328 career wins, except for Duke Sniders home run in todays game, no Mets get past second base. April 13—After 11 hitless at bats, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Pete Rose records his first major league hit, increased enforcement of the balk rule produces a Major League record seven in the Pirates 12–4 trouncing of the Reds at Crosley Field. Friend commits four of the balks, may 11 – At Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hits the San Francisco Giants 8–0, his second no-hitter in as many seasons. The final out is made by Harvey Kuenn on a ball back to none other than Koufax. Kuenn will also make the out of Koufaxs perfect game two years later. May 17 – Houston Colt. 45s pitcher Don Nottebart throws the first no-hitter in franchise history, leading his team past the Philadelphia Phillies, 4–1. June 2 – At Busch Stadium, Willie Mays hits three home runs off pitchers Ernie Broglio, Bob Humphreys and Bobby Shantz, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6–4, June 9 – Ernie Banks hits three home runs. June 10 – Al Kaline hit his 200th career home run helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 6–1. June 11 – Bob Aspromonte clouts a walk-off grand slam in the inning off pitcher Lindy McDaniel to give the Houston Colt. 45s a 6–2 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Colt Stadium. June 14 – The New York Mets Duke Snider hits his 400th career home run off Bob Purkey in the first inning of the Mets 10–3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field. June 15 – At Candlestick Park, Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants no-hits the Houston Colt. 45s 1–0, the no-hitter is the first by a Giant since the franchises move from New York City after the 1957 season. July 9 – At Municipal Stadium, the National League wins 5–3 over the American League in the All-Star Game, after four years, MLB had decided to return to the original single-game format. The American League out-hit the National League 11–6, but the effort went in vain as MVP Willie Mays put on a one-man show and this game also marked the 24th and final All-Star appearance of Stan Musial, who pinch-hit in the fifth inning. He lined out to field, leaving behind a.317 batting average. July 13 – Early Wynn of the Cleveland Indians earns his 300th career win, the four homers built the Indians lead to 9–1
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1964 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1964 throughout the world. He will begin two months of treatment in Seattle and will make spring training with the team. January 6, Charlie Finley signs a two-year pact to move the Athletics‚ pending American League approval‚ from Kansas City, Missouri to Louisville, the Chicago White Sox introduce their new powder-blue road uniforms. January 15, Major League Baseball executives vote to hold a free-agent draft in New York City, a new TV pact is also signed. Willie Mays‚ the highest-paid player in baseball‚ signs a contract with the Giants. January 16 – American League owners vote 9–1 against Charlie Finleys Louisville moving proposal, Finley is given an ultimatum to sign a lease in Kansas City or lose his franchise. January 29 – Pitcher-writer Jim Brosnan is given permission by the Chicago White Sox to make his own deal with another team and his in-season writing has been censured by Sox general manager Ed Short. January 30 – The United States Senate Subcommittee on Monopolies begins hearings on baseball, february 2 – Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. February 17 – Former Chicago White Sox shortstop Luke Appling is selected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America in a runoff vote, in 1953, the first year of eligibility for Appling, he received just two votes. March 23, Finally, Charlie Finley gives in to American League pressure and his exasperated AL colleagues voted 9-1 that KCs offer was reasonable. The San Francisco Giants sign pitcher Masanori Murakami‚ third baseman Tatsuhiko Tanaka‚ and catcher Hiroshi Takahashi, all three are assigned to the Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League. April 8 – Houston Colt. 45s relief pitcher Jim Umbricht dies of cancer at the age of 33, the franchise would retire his number in 1965, by which time it is known as the Astros. April 14 – Sandy Koufax goes all the way in his opening day start, allowing no walks and beating the St. Louis Cardinals. Frank Howard homers for the Dodgers, april 17 – The New York Mets play their first game at brand-new Shea Stadium and lose 4–3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Willie Stargell hits the first home run in the stadiums history, in the first-ever Kiners Korner from Shea, Ralph Kiners guest is Casey Stengel. April 23 – At Colt Stadium, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt. 45s no-hits his former team, the Cincinnati Reds, to date, the game is the only one in Major League history whose losing pitcher had pitched a nine-inning no-hitter. The Twins also became the first team to hit at least three home runs in an extra innings game. May 31 – The second game of a header at Shea Stadium between the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets lasts 23 innings
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1966 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1966 throughout the world. Williams receives 282 of a possible 302 votes, february 28 – Seeking an unprecedented 3-year $1.05 million to be divided evenly, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout. March 8 – The Special Veterans Committee waives Hall of Fame election rules and inducts Casey Stengel, March 17 – Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale escalate their threat of retirement by signing movie contracts. On March 30, they end their 32-day holdout, signing for $130,000. April 3 – USC pitcher Tom Seaver signs with the New York Mets and he had been drafted by the Braves, but they had signed him to a minor league contract while he was still in college. This voided Seavers remaining eligibility, and voided the contract, the Mets won a special lottery over Cleveland and Philadelphia to win the right to sign him. April 11 – Emmett Ashford takes the field in Washington to officiate a 5–2 Washington Senators win over the Cleveland Indians and he is the first African-American umpire in Major League history. April 12 – Over 50,000 fans show up at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to watch the Braves first home game in Atlanta, the Braves fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 13 innings, 3–2. May 7 – One day after the New York Yankees record falls to 4–16, general manager Ralph Houk fires Johnny Keane as manager, dan Topping, Jr. replaces Houk as general manager. Their talent and farm system both depleted, the Yankees, after finishing in place in 1965, will finish dead last—their first time doing so since 1912. May 8 The San Francisco Giants trade first baseman/outfielder Orlando Cepeda to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Ray Sadecki, Cepeda will go on to win the National League Most Valuable Player award in 1967 on the Cardinals World Championship team. That same day, the Giants defeat the Cardinals 10–5 in the game at the old Busch Stadium. Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles hits what will be the home run ever hit completely out of Memorial Stadium. The shot comes against Luis Tiant in the first inning of the Orioles 8-3 victory in the game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians. Braves outfielder Felipe Alou delivered a pair of home runs, may 14 – The San Francisco Giants Willie Mays hits his then National League record 512th home run – topping another Giant, Mel Ott. San Francisco beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6–1, at Candlestick Park, june 7 – The Oakland Athletics use the second overall pick to draft Arizona State outfielder Reggie Jackson. These five home runs still stand as a Major League record for the most home runs batted in a single inning, june 10 – Sonny Siebert of the Cleveland Indians no-hits the Washington Senators 2–0 at Cleveland Stadium. The no-hitter is the first by an Indian since Bob Fellers third career no-hitter, July 3 – Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams in a game against the Giants, he thus becomes the first National League player and only pitcher in Major League history to do so
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1972 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1972 throughout the world. 1972 was tainted by a strike over pension and salary arbitration. The strike erased the first week and a half of the season, as a result, an uneven number of games were cancelled for each team, some as few as six, some as many as nine. The lack of makeups of those games, even when they affected playoffs,1972 marked the first year for the Texas Rangers, who had moved to Arlington from Washington, D. C. after the 1971 season. There would be no baseball in D. C. until 2005, the team was one of the worst ever fielded by the franchise, losing 100 games for the first time since 1964. Manager Ted Williams hated living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,1972 would mark the Kansas City Royals final year at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, as the next year they would move to Royals Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex in suburban Kansas City. January 19 – The Baseball Writers Association of America elects Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, Koufax makes it in his first try and, at age of 36, is the youngest honoree in history. January 20 – The Chicago Cubs trade Johnny Callison to the New York Yankees for Jack Aker, february 8 – Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues has selected Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard for the Hall of Fame. March 16 – Reigning Cy Young and MVP award winner Vida Blue announces his retirement and it will be a short one as he will join the Oakland Athletics in May. April 1 –13 – The first players strike in baseball history wipes 6–8 games off the schedule of each MLB team and it is agreed that those games will be canceled. The strike results in the team owners adding salary arbitration to the collective bargaining agreement, april 2 – With the sudden death of Gil Hodges, Yogi Berra is named manager of the New York Mets. April 16 – At Wrigley Field, Burt Hooton of the Chicago Cubs no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies 4–0, april 21 – At Arlington Stadium, Frank Howard hits the first home run in Texas Rangers history, a solo shot against Clyde Wright of the California Angels. May 11 – The San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to the New York Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and he scores in the 1st inning on Rusty Staubs grand slam and his solo homer in the 5th inning snaps a 4–4 tie. The final score, Mets 5, Giants 4, may 28 – The Milwaukee Brewers fire manager Dave Bristol, replacing him with Del Crandall. Coach Roy McMillan takes over until Crandall arrives and guides the team to a 4–1 loss to the Boston Red Sox, june 18 – The U. S. Supreme Court rules 5–3 in favor of Major League Baseball in the lawsuit brought by Curt Flood. She resigns between games after being abused by some spectators and by some involved in the game. July 2 – San Franciscos Willie McCovey hits his 14th career grand slam home run to pace the Giants 9–3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pitcher Randy Moffitt wins his first major game and receives a congratulatory telegram from his sister Billie Jean King
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1973 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1973 throughout the world. January 3 – A group of investors, headed by shipbuilder George Steinbrenner, january 18 – Orlando Cepeda signs with the Boston Red Sox, making him the first player signed by a team as a designated hitter. January 24 – Left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first try on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, receiving 316 of 380 votes. January 28 – The Hall of Fame Special Veterans Committee selects 19th-century pitcher Mickey Welch and Giants first baseman George Kelly, plus umpire Billy Evans, for enshrinement. February 1 – Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the selection of Monte Irvin for the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. February 27 – Chicago White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs a contract for an estimated $250,000 per year. March 5 – New York Yankees teammates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich arrive at Spring training, even the family dogs were traded. March 20 – In a special election held by the Baseball Writers Association of America, the Halls Board of Directors had earlier waived the five-year-wait rule for Clemente. March 29 – Orange baseballs, the brainchild of Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley, are used in the Athletics 11–5 exhibition loss to the Cleveland Indians. April 6, At Three Rivers Stadium,51,695 fans watch as the jersey #21 of the late Roberto Clemente is retired, the Pittsburgh Pirates then beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7–5, with a ninth-inning rally. At Fenway Park, Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in major league history and he is walked by Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant in his first plate appearance. At Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first designated hitter to homer, april 10 – The Kansas City Royals open their new park, Royals Stadium, with a 12–1 rout of the Texas Rangers. The game is attended by 39,464 fans braving 39-degree weather, april 17 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Dick Ruthven, signed from Fresno State, makes his major league debut without ever playing in the minor leagues. He starts against the Montreal Expos but doesnt finish, taking the loss in a 9–6 decision to Dick Selma, april 27 – In 50-degree weather, Kansas City Royals rookie Steve Busby no-hits the host Detroit Tigers 3–0. It is the first Royals no-hitter, and the first in Tiger Stadium since Virgil Trucks in 1952, with the designated hitter rule in effect, Busby becomes the first pitcher of a no-hitter to not come to bat. May 8 For the second time in his career, Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run out of Dodger Stadium and his blast off Andy Messersmith hits the right field pavilion roof 470 feet away. His first home run, a 506-foot shot, came off Alan Foster on August 5,1969, the Los Angeles Dodgers win, 7–4. In a 9–7 losing effort against the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals ace Bob Gibson makes his 242nd consecutive start and it is a new 20th-century record, passing that of Red Ruffing who never pitched in relief the last ten years of his career
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1965 in architecture
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The year 1965 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. August 15 - Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway, Ireland, september - Toronto City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. October 6 The Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, the Post Office Tower in London, UK, officially opened by Prime Minister Harold Wilson November 19 - Dedication of the Arctic Cathedral, Tromsø, Norway. October - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri, holyoke Center at Harvard University, Boston, United States, designed by Josep Lluís Sert. The Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, United States, the NASA Vertical Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, Florida, United States. Seinajoki Town Hall in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto, the Nozema Zendstation, The Hague, Netherlands. Elephant House, London Zoo, designed by Hugh Casson and Neville Conder, architecture Firm Award - Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons. RAIA Gold Medal - Osborn McCutcheon, RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Kenzo Tange
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1965 in music
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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1965. January 4 – Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million, january 12 – Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. January 17 – The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts book Ode to a High Flying Bird, january 21 The Animals show at New Yorks Apollo Theater is canceled after the U. S. Immigration Department forces the group to leave the theater. The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison travel to Sydney to begin their Australian tour, january 23 – Downtown hits #1 in the US singles chart, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles. January 24 – The Animals appear a second time on The Ed Sullivan Show, february 6 – Donovan performs the first of three performances on the British television program Ready, Steady, Go. This presents him to an audience for the first time. February 12 – NME reports the Beatles will star in an adaptation of Richard Condons novel A Talent for Loving. The story is about a 2, 253-kilometer horse race takes place in the old west. February 24 – The Beatles begin filming their second film, Help, march 6 – The Temptations My Girl, written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, from Motown Records, reaches number 1. March 18 – The Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, the band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order. March 20 – The 10th Eurovision Song Contest in Naples, Italy, is won by 17-year-old France Gall, representing Luxembourg, with the Serge Gainsbourg-composed Poupée de cire, march 21 – The Supremes have their fourth number-one single, Stop. In The Name Of Love, written by H-D-H, april 21 – The Beach Boys appear on Shindig. Performing their most recent hit, Do You Wanna Dance, april 26 – Leopold Stokowski conducts the first complete performance of Charles Ives Symphony No. 4, more than ten years after the composers death, may 5 – Alan Price leaves The Animals, to be replaced temporarily by Mick Gallagher and permanently by Dave Rowberry. May 6 – Keith Richards and Mick Jagger begin work on Satisfaction in their Clearwater, Florida, Richards came up with the classic guitar riff while playing around with his brand new Gibson Fuzz box. Five American recordings enter the top 10 the very next week, may 9 – Bob Dylan performs the first of two concerts at Londons Royal Albert Hall, concluding his tour of Europe. Audience members include The Beatles, and Donovan, may 30 – The Animals appear a third time on The Ed Sullivan Show. The single will eventually reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on New Years Day 1966, the term was also used of Twins by Kingtones, the Men, and even of Hoyt Axton
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1965 World Series
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The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins. It is best remembered for the heroics of Sandy Koufax, who was named the series MVP. Koufax would not pitch in Game 1, as it fell on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, the Twins had won their first pennant since 1933 when the team was known as the Washington Senators. The Dodgers, prevailing in seven games, captured their second title in three years, and their third since moving to Los Angeles in 1958. During the 1965 Season, the Dodgers relied heavily on the arms of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, the Dodgers strong core of pitchers, which also included Claude Osteen and Ron Perranoski, kept them in the pennant race and into the Series. Dodger hitting however remained strictly popgun, especially after Tommy Davis went down in late April for the season with a broken ankle, manager Walter Alston promptly called up 12-year minor league veteran Lou Johnson from Spokane. Johnson led the Dodgers, along with ROY Jim Lefebvre, in runs with just 12. The Twins, managed by Sam Mele, had a balanced attack, equally strong in pitching and hitting. Offensively Mele again had balance with good hitting, power and speed up and down his lineup that included ALs leading hitter Tony Oliva, pitching was spearheaded by 20-game winner Mudcat Grant, Jim Kitty Kaat, and Camilo Pascual. This was only the second World Series where both teams were located west of the Mississippi River, the first occurred in 1944, when the St. Louis Browns faced their Sportsmans Park tenants, the St. Louis Cardinals. It was also the first series in both teams had had losing records the previous year. This has since been repeated two times, both times also involving the Twins—in 1987 and 1991. This World Series was the first in all games were played in cities that did not have National League or American League teams in 1903. Also, it is the earliest World Series whose telecasts are known to survive in their entirety, the Twins won the first two games of the series against Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, but once Claude Osteen shut out the Twins in Game 3, things turned around. Willie Davis of The Dodgers tied a World Series record stealing 3 bases in one Game, game 5, the Dodgers proceeded to win the three middle games at Dodger Stadium and Koufax would pitch two shutouts including a three-hitter with ten strikeouts to clinch. Ron Fairly hit two home runs for the Dodgers, both in losing efforts, NL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. AL Minnesota Twins Game 1 was set to be a pitching duel between Dodgers Don Drysdale and the Twins Mudcat Grant. Drysdale was starting because the game fell on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for people of the Jewish faith, Dodger ace Sandy Koufax, who was Jewish, stated he would not pitch that day. In the Twins third inning any thought of a duel was put to rest
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the National League West division. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962, the Dodgers as a franchise have won six World Series titles and 21 National League pennants. 11 NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers, winning a total of 13 MVP Awards, Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the Dodgers, winning a total of twelve Cy Young Awards. The team has also produced 17 Rookie of the Year Award winners, including four consecutive from 1979 to 1982 and five consecutive from 1992 to 1996. In the 20th century, the team, then known as the Robins, won pennants in 1916 and 1920. In the 1930s, the changed its name to the Dodgers. In 1941, the Dodgers captured their third National League pennant and this marked the onset of the Dodgers–Yankees rivalry, as the Dodgers would face them in their next six World Series appearances. Following the 1957 season the team left Brooklyn, in just their second season in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won their second World Series title, beating the Chicago White Sox in six games in 1959. The 1963 sweep was their victory against the Yankees. The Dodgers won four pennants in 1966,1974,1977 and 1978. They went on to win the World Series again in 1981, the early 1980s were affectionately dubbed Fernandomania. The Dodgers share a rivalry with the San Francisco Giants. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season, the Giants have won two more World Series, the Dodgers have won 21 National League pennants, while the Giants hold the record with 23. When the two teams were based in New York, the Giants won five World Series championships, after the move to California, the Dodgers have won five in Los Angeles, the Giants have won three in San Francisco. The Dodgers were founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Atlantics, taking the name of a team that had played in Brooklyn before them. The team joined the American Association in 1884 and won the AA championship in 1889 before joining the National League in 1890 and they promptly won the NL Championship their first year in the League
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Minnesota Twins
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The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the American League Central division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area comprising Minneapolis and they played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. They played their game at the newly completed Target Field on April 12,2010. The team was founded in Washington, D. C. in 1901 as one of the eight teams of the American League. Manager Clark Griffith joined the team in 1912 and became the owner in 1920. The franchise remained under Griffith family ownership until 1984, in 1960, Major League Baseball granted the city of Minneapolis an expansion team. Washington owner Calvin Griffith, Clarks nephew and adopted son, requested that he be allowed to move his team to Minneapolis and instead give Washington the expansion team. Upon league approval, the moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season, setting up shop in Metropolitan Stadium. Success came quickly to the team in Minnesota, through the 2016 season, the franchise has won three World Series championships, and has fielded 18 American League batting champions. The Washington Senators spent the first decade of their existence finishing near the bottom of the American League standings and their fortunes began to improve with the arrival of 19-year-old pitcher, Walter Johnson, in 1907. Johnson blossomed in 1911 with 25 victories, although the Senators still finished the season in seventh place, in 1912, the Senators improved dramatically, as their pitching staff led the league in team earned run average and in strikeouts. Johnson won 33 games while teammate Bob Groom added another 24 wins to help the Senators finish the season in second place, the Senators continued to perform respectably in 1913 with Johnson posting a career-high 35 victories, as the team once again finished in second place. The Senators then fell into another period of decline for the next decade, the Senators faced John McGraws heavily favored New York Giants in the 1924 World Series. The two teams traded wins back and forth until the reached the seventh and deciding game. Two runners scored on the play, tying the score at three, an aging Walter Johnson then came in to pitch the ninth inning, and held the Giants scoreless into extra innings. In the bottom of the inning with Ruel at bat, he hit a high. The Giants catcher, Hank Gowdy, dropped his protective mask to field the ball but, failing to toss the mask aside, stumbled over it and dropped the ball, thus giving Ruel another chance to bat
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Sandy Koufax
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Sanford Sandy Koufax is a former American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966, Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Koufaxs career peaked with a run of six outstanding years from 1961 to 1966 and he was an All-Star for six seasons and was the National Leagues Most Valuable Player in 1963. Koufax also won the NL Triple Crown for pitchers those same three years by leading the NL in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average, Koufax was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history. Despite his comparatively short career, Koufaxs 2,396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in history as of his retirement, Koufax, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, and Nolan Ryan are the only four pitchers elected to the Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched. Koufax is also remembered as one of the outstanding Jewish athletes in American sports and his decision not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur garnered national attention as an example of conflict between professional pressures and personal beliefs. Koufax was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family and his parents, Evelyn and Jack Braun, divorced when he was three years old. His mother was remarried when he was nine, to Irving Koufax, shortly after his mothers remarriage, the family moved to the Long Island suburb of Rockville Centre. Before tenth grade, Koufaxs family moved back to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Koufax attended Brooklyns Lafayette High School, where he was better known for basketball than for baseball. At the time, school sports were not available because New Yorks teachers were refusing to supervise extracurricular activities without monetary compensation, as an alternative, Koufax started playing basketball for the Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst local community center team. Eventually, Lafayette had a team, Koufax became team captain in his senior year. In 1951, at the age of 15, Koufax also joined a youth baseball league known as the Ice Cream League. He started out as a catcher before moving to first base. While playing first base for Lafayette High Schools baseball team with teammate and friend Fred Wilpon, he was spotted by Milt Laurie, Laurie recognized that Koufax might be able to pitch, and recruited the 17-year-old Koufax to pitch for the Coney Island Sports Leagues Parkviews. Koufax attended the University of Cincinnati and was a walk-on on the basketball team. He later earned a partial scholarship, in spring 1954, he made the college baseball varsity team. That season, Koufax went 3–1 with a 2.81 ERA,51 strikeouts and 30 walks, Bill Zinser, a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, sent the Dodgers front office a glowing report that apparently was filed and forgotten. After trying out with the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds, during his Pirates tryout, Koufaxs fastball broke the thumb of Sam Narron, the teams bullpen coach
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Metropolitan Stadium
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Metropolitan Stadium was a sports stadium that once stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Millers minor league team played at Met Stadium from 1956 to 1960. The Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings then played at the Met from 1961 to 1981, the North American Soccer League soccer team Minnesota Kicks also played there from 1976 to 1981. The area where the stadium once stood is now the site of the Mall of America, after the rejection of numerous sites, a stadium committee appointed by Moore approved a 160-acre plot of farmland in Bloomington. The stadium would replace Nicollet Park as the home of the American Associations Minneapolis Millers, as the site in Bloomington was approximately equidistant from the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul, it was thought this would be the best location for a prospective Major League team. After a plan by architects Thorshov & Cerny won approval, groundbreaking was scheduled to begin on June 20,1955. The construction was almost delayed, however, when the owners of the property on which the stadium would be built on began a protest, one of these owners created a barricade of farm equipment along his property line that ran directly through where the stadiums infield would be. The dispute was settled in time for the groundbreaking to move forward as planned, many spectators and dignitaries attended the groundbreaking, including Minneapolis mayor Eric G. Hoyer and several members of the Minneapolis Millers. On February 7,1956, an accident occurred on the site when a portable heater used to cure concrete exploded in the stadiums basement. The Millers were then the top team of Stonehams New York Giants. Under major league rules of the time, the Giants owned the major league rights to the Minneapolis area, negotiations were also held with the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators. However, the Giants chose to follow the Brooklyn Dodgers to the west coast at the urging of Dodgers owner Walter OMalley, who owned the Millers crosstown rivals, the St. Paul Saints. San Francisco had long been home to the Pacific Coast Leagues San Francisco Seals, as part of the deal, the Millers parent team then became the Red Sox, who had no plans to move anywhere. The latter game brought 15,990 fans to the stadium, including Calvin Griffith, in October 1960, Calvin Griffith announced that his Washington Senators would move to Metropolitan Stadium and later became the Minnesota Twins. The Twins played their first home game on April 21,1961 with a loss to the new Washington Senators, the Millers and their perennial crosstown rival St. Paul Saints were then promptly folded by Major League Baseball. To ready the stadium for the Twins, a $9 million renovation increased the capacity from about 22,000 to over 30,000 by the completion of the Twins inaugural season. During the Twins first 10 seasons at the Met, they outdrew the average American League team each year, the National Football League was also interested in placing a team at the Met. Conversations were had with Violet Bidwill Wolfner, owner of the Chicago Cardinals, the Cardinals moved two of their regular season home games against the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants to Bloomington for the 1959 NFL season
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Juan Marichal
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Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics. Marichal also played for the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the two seasons of his career. Marichal was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, Juan Marichal was born on October 20,1937 in the small farming village of Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic, the youngest of Francisco and Natividad Marichals four children. He has two brothers, Gonzalo and Rafael, and a sister named Maria and his father died of an unknown illness when Marichal was three years old. His house did not have electricity, but food was plentiful since his family owned a farm, as a child, Marichal worked on the farm daily, and was responsible for taking care of his familys horses, donkeys, and goats. He lived near the Yaque del Norte River, and often spent time swimming and fishing, one day, while Marichal was playing by the river, he fell unconscious due to poor digestion, and was in a coma for nine days. Doctors did not expect him to survive, but he regained consciousness after his family gave him steam baths by doctors orders. His older brother Gonzalo instilled a love of baseball in young Marichal, and taught him the fundamentals of pitching, fielding, every weekend, Marichal played the sport with his brother and friends. For their games, they found golf balls and paid the local shoemaker one peso to sew thick cloth around the ball to make it the proper size and they employed branches from a wassama tree for bats, and canvas tarps for gloves. Among his childhood playmates were the Alou brothers, Felipe, Jesús, and Matty, from the age of six, Marichal aspired to become a professional baseball player, but his mother discouraged this, instead urging him to get an education. At the time, there were no players from the Dominican Republic in Major League Baseball, at age 11, he briefly held a job cutting sugar cane for the J. W. Tatem Shipping conglomerate. In 1954, sixteen-year-old Marichal joined a league in Monte Cristi. Although he began at shortstop, Marichal switched to pitcher after taking inspiration from Bombo Ramos of the Dominican national team and he left high school after being recruited to play for the United Fruit Company team in 1956. Marichals delivery was renowned for one of the fullest windups in modern baseball, Marichal maintained this delivery his entire career, and photographs taken near his retirement show the vertical kick only diminished. The windup was the key to his delivery in that he was able to conceal the type of pitch until it was on its way. Marichal was discovered by Ramfis Trujillo, the son of late Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, Ramfis was the primary sponsor of the Dominican Air Force Baseball Team, against which Marichal pitched a 2–1 victory game in his native Monte Cristi
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Arizona State University
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Arizona State University is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. The 2016 university ratings by U. S. News & World Report rank ASU No.1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the year in a row. ASU is the largest public university by enrollment in the U. S and it had approximately 82,060 students enrolled in 2014, including 66,309 undergraduate and 15,751 graduate students. ASUs charter, approved by the board of regents in 2014, is based on the New American University model created by ASU President Crow, ASU is classified as a research university with very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The Center for Measuring University Performance ranks ASU 31st among top U. S. public research universities, ASU was classified as a Research I institute in 1994, making it one of the nations newest major research universities. Students compete in 25 varsity sports, the Arizona State Sun Devils are members of the Pac-12 Conference and have won 23 NCAA championships. Along with multiple clubs and recreational facilities, ASU is home to more than 1,100 registered student organizations. To keep pace with the student populations growth, the university continuously renovates, the demand for new academic halls, athletic facilities, student recreation centers, and residential halls is being addressed with donor contributions and public-private investments. The campus consisted of a single, four-room schoolhouse on a 20-acre plot largely donated by Tempe residents George, classes began with 33 students on February 8,1886. The school accepted high school students and graduates, and awarded high school diplomas, in 1923 the school stopped offering high school courses and added a high school diploma to the admissions requirements. In 1925 the school became the Tempe State Teachers College and offered four-year Bachelor of Education degrees as well as two-year teaching certificates, in 1929, the legislature authorized Bachelor of Arts in Education degrees as well, and the school was renamed the Arizona State Teachers College. Under the 30-year tenure of president Arthur John Matthews the school was given all-college student status, the first dormitories built in the state were constructed under his supervision. Of the 18 buildings constructed while Matthews was president, six are still in use, Matthews envisioned an evergreen campus, with many shrubs brought to the campus, and implemented the planting of Palm Walk, now a landmark of the Tempe campus. His legacy is being continued to this day with the campus having been declared a nationally recognized arboretum. During the Great Depression, Ralph W. Swetman was hired as president for a three-year term, although enrollment increased by almost 100 percent during his tenure due to the depression, many faculty were terminated and faculty salaries were cut. In 1933, Grady Gammage, then president of Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff, became president of ASU, like his predecessor, Gammage oversaw construction of a number of buildings on the Tempe campus. He also oversaw the development of the graduate programs. The schools name was changed to Arizona State College in 1945, at the time, two other names considered were Tempe University and State University at Tempe
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Yomiuri Giants
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The Yomiuri Giants are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball and they play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The teams owner is the Yomiuri Group, a conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network. The Giants are the oldest team among the current Japanese professional teams and their main rivalry is with the Hanshin Tigers, a team especially popular in the Kansai region. The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as The New York Yankees of Japan due to their popularity, past dominance of the league. The English-language press occasionally calls the team the Tokyo Giants, instead, the team is officially known by the name of its corporate owner, just like the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes. The team is referred by fans and in news headlines and tables simply as Kyojin. The Yomiuri Giants name and uniforms were based on the New York Giants, the teams colors are the same colors worn by the National Leagues Giants. While prior Japanese all-star contingents had disbanded, Shōriki went pro with this group, in 1936, with the formation of the Japanese Baseball League, the team changed its name to Tokyo Kyojin. It won eight league championships under that name from 1936–1943, including at one point six championships in a row, pitcher Victor Starffin, nicknamed the blue-eyed Japanese, starred for the team until 1944. One of the premier pitchers, he won two MVP awards and a Best Nine award, and won at least 26 games in six different years. He followed his performance with another 38 wins in 1940. Pitcher Eiji Sawamura co-starred with Starffin on the Kyojin and he pitched the first no-hitter in Japanese pro baseball, on September 25,1936, as well as two others. In 1937, he went 33-10 with a 1.38 earned run average, from 1937 to 1943 Sawamura had a record of 63-22,554 strikeouts, and a 1.74 ERA. Sawamura enlisted in the Japanese Imperial Army in 1943, and was killed in battle when his ship was torpedoed near the end of World War II. Outfielder Haruyasu Nakajima was a featured hitter during the franchises first decade-and-a-half, Tetsuharu Kawakami was a team fixture from 1938–1958, winning the batting title five times, two home run crowns, three RBI titles, and had six titles for the most hits in a season. He was the first player in Japanese pro baseball to achieve 2,000 hits and was named the leagues MVP three times, leadoff man Shosei Go starred for the team from 1937–1943, winning league MVP in 1943. Only 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, he was nicknamed The Human Locomotive due to his speed, pitcher Hideo Fujimoto pitched for the team for 12 seasons from 1942–1955
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
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The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28,2005 by the SoftBank Corporation, the team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osakas Nankai Electric Railway Co. the franchises original name was Nankai when it joined the Japanese Baseball League in 1938, with the name originating with the Nankai Electric Railway Co. which owned the team at the time. The teams name was changed to Kinki Nippon in mid-1944 as it received partial sponsorship from Kinki Nippon Railway, after the 1945 hiatus in the JBL due to the Pacific War, in 1946 the teams name was changed to Kinki Great Ring and the team won the JBL championship. Throughout the name changes the club underwent between 1938 and 1946, Nankai Electric Railway Co. maintained ownership of the franchise, in mid-1947, Nankai settled upon its current moniker. In 1964, the Hawks team sent pitching prospect Masanori Murakami, on September 1 of that year Murakami became the first Japanese player to play in Major League Baseball when he appeared on the mound for the San Francisco Giants. Disputes over the rights to his contract led to the 1967 United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement. Murakami returned to the Hawks in 1966, playing for them through 1974 and he contributed to the teams league championship in 1973. The team fell on hard times between 1978 and 1988, finishing no better than 4th place out of the 6 teams in the Pacific League in any year in the period. The team witnessed its fan base diminish as a result of the period of poor play, with attendance dropping. The change in the financial performance led Nankai Electric Railway to question the value of maintaining ownership. The companys board of directors and union leadership put pressure on Den Kawakatsu, then president of Nankai Railway and owner of the team, to sell the team, which he refused to do. However, Mr. Katsuya Nomura, Mutsuo Minagawa, Hiromitsu Kadota, after the franchise was acquired by department store chain Daiei, Inc. the Hawks were flush with new funds and a new home city in Fukuoka, the capital of the eponymous prefecture on Kyushu Island. However, in spite of efforts of the new ownership, the Hawks still were usually in the cellar of the Pacific League. The Hawks front office adopted a strategy of drafting and developing players, supplemented by free agent signings. Setoyamas most brilliant moves were the hiring of Sadaharu Oh to take the reins of manager, Oh replaced then-manager Rikuo Nemoto, who was named team president and held that position until his death in 1999. Also tapped was Akira Ishikawa, a former player, who was tasked with bringing in talented amateurs. Supplementing the amateur signings were some free-agent acquisitions, most of them former Seibu stars from their 1980s championship teams, among them were infielder Hiromichi Ishige, immensely popular outfielder and current manager Koji Akiyama, and ace left-handed pitcher Kimiyasu Kudoh
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Windsor Locks, Connecticut
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Windsor Locks is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 12,498 and it is the site of Bradley International Airport, which serves the Greater Hartford-Springfield region and occupies approximately 1/3 of the town. Windsor Locks is also the site of the New England Air Museum, the Enfield Falls Canal circumvents the Enfield Falls and its nearby shallows. Originally part of Windsor, Windsor Locks broke off into its own settlement in 1854 after the thriving Enfield Locks going around Enfield Falls which opened in 1829, the Bradley International Airport opened in 1940 and to civilian use in 1947. In 1967 the town boundary was altered due to the opening of the Bradley Connector. The 1965 Little League World Series winning team is from Windsor Locks. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 9.4 square miles, of which 9.0 square miles is land and 0.35 square miles. Windsor Locks has a subtropical climate with hot and humid summer days to cold sometimes frigid winter nights. Average January temperature high is 36 °F and a low of 18 °F temps can reach zero degrees or below 4 nights a year, summer in Windsor Locks can be hot with the average July temperature of 87 °F at daytime and 63 °F at nighttime. Temperatures at or above 90 can occur 15 to 25 days per year, the hottest temperature at Windsor Locks was 103 °F on July 22,2011 and the coldest recorded temperature was -26 °F on January 22,1961. Average rainfall in Windsor Locks is 46.27 inches, as of the census of 2000, there are 12,043 people,4,935 households, and 3,306 families residing in the town. The population density is 1,333.8 inhabitants per square mile, there are 5,101 housing units at an average density of 218.1 persons/km². The racial makeup of the town is 92. 47% White,2. 67% African American,0. 12% Native American,2. 57% Asian,0. 00% Pacific Islander,0. 75% from other races, and 1. 42% from two or more races. 2. 22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race,27. 0% of all households are made up of individuals and 11. 3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.43 and the family size is 2.97. In the town, the population is out with 23. 7% under the age of 18,6. 2% from 18 to 24,31. 2% from 25 to 44,22. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age is 39 years, for every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.1 males, the median income for a household in the town is $48,837, and the median income for a family is $59,054
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Monterrey
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Monterrey, is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, in Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation, Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the base of many significant international corporations. It is one of the wealthiest cities in Mexico with a GDP PPP of 130.7 billion dollars in 2012, Monterreys GDP PPP per capita is of approximately 32,000 dollars. It is considered a Beta World City, cosmopolitan and competitive, rich in history and culture, Monterrey is considered one of the most developed cities in the entire country and often regarded as the most americanized in Mexico. A. Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery and Heineken, which features Norteño capital and Grupo ALFA, Monterrey is located in northeast Mexico, at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The uninterrupted settlement of Monterrey starts in 1596, with its founding by Diego de Montemayor, in the years after the Mexican War of Independence, Monterrey became an important business center. With the establishment of Fundidora Monterrey, the city experienced a great industrial growth, prior to the European foundation of the city, there was no established nation state, and the population instead consisted of some indigenous semi-nomad groups. Carved stone and cave painting in surrounding mountains and caves have allowed historians to identify four major groups in present-day Monterrey, Azalapas, Huachichiles, Coahuiltecos and Borrados. In the 16th century, the valley in which Monterrey is located was known as the Extremadura Valley, in 1580 he arrived in the newly granted lands but it was not until 1582 that he established a settlement called San Luis Rey de Francia within present-day Monterrey. The New Kingdom of León extended westwards from the port of Tampico to the limits of Nueva Vizcaya, Monterrey was also the point of emigration from Europe, people from Portugal, Spain, France, Russia went to Monterrey seeing it as a good place to live in. Most of the Monterrey people descent from a creole Spanish heritage, during the years of Spanish rule, Monterrey remained a small city, and its population varied from a few hundred to only dozens. The city was a place that facilitated trade between San Antonio, Tampico and from Saltillo to the center of the country, tampicos port brought many products from Europe, while Saltillo concentrated the Northern Territories trade with the capital, Mexico City. San Antonio was the key trade point with the foreign colonies. In 1824, the New Kingdom of León became the State of Nuevo León, in 1846, the earliest large-scale engagement of the Mexican-American War took place in the city, known as the Battle of Monterrey. Mexican forces were forced to surrender but only after successfully repelling U. S. forces during the first few advances on the city, the battle inflicted high casualties on both sides, much of them resulting from hand-to-hand combat within the walls of the city center. Many of the generals in the Mexican War against France were natives of the city, including Mariano Escobedo, Juan Zuazua, during the last decade of the 19th century, the city of Monterrey was linked by railroad, which benefitted industry. In 1986, several games of the 1986 FIFA World Cup were hosted. In 1988, Hurricane Gilbert caused great damage to the city, the conference resulted in the adoption of the Monterrey Consensus, which has become one relevant reference point for international development and cooperation
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Mexico
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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic in the southern half of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States, to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean, to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea, and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost two million square kilometers, Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area, Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city. Other metropolises include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, pre-Columbian Mexico was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya and Aztec before first contact with Europeans. In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Three centuries later, this territory became Mexico following recognition in 1821 after the colonys Mexican War of Independence. The tumultuous post-independence period was characterized by instability and many political changes. The Mexican–American War led to the cession of the extensive northern borderlands, one-third of its territory. The Pastry War, the Franco-Mexican War, a civil war, the dictatorship was overthrown in the Mexican Revolution of 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the countrys current political system. Mexico has the fifteenth largest nominal GDP and the eleventh largest by purchasing power parity, the Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, especially the United States. Mexico was the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and it is classified as an upper-middle income country by the World Bank and a newly industrialized country by several analysts. By 2050, Mexico could become the fifth or seventh largest economy. The country is considered both a power and middle power, and is often identified as an emerging global power. Due to its culture and history, Mexico ranks first in the Americas. Mexico is a country, ranking fourth in the world by biodiversity. In 2015 it was the 9th most visited country in the world, Mexico is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G8+5, the G20, the Uniting for Consensus and the Pacific Alliance. Mēxihco is the Nahuatl term for the heartland of the Aztec Empire, namely, the Valley of Mexico, and its people, the Mexica and this became the future State of Mexico as a division of New Spain prior to independence. It is generally considered to be a toponym for the valley became the primary ethnonym for the Aztec Triple Alliance as a result. After New Spain won independence from Spain, representatives decided to name the new country after its capital and this was founded in 1524 on top of the ancient Mexica capital of Mexico-Tenochtitlan
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests. The Halls motto is Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations, the word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark, Clark had sought to bring tourists to a city hurt by the Great Depression, which reduced the local tourist trade, and Prohibition, which devastated the local hops industry. A new building was constructed, and the Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12,1939, the erroneous claim that U. S. Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall. An expanded library and research facility opened in 1994, dale Petroskey became the organizations president in 1999. In 2002, the Hall launched Baseball As America, an exhibit that toured ten American museums over six years. The Hall of Fame has since also sponsored educational programming on the Internet to bring the Hall of Fame to schoolchildren who might not visit, the Hall and Museum completed a series of renovations in spring 2005. The Hall of Fame also presents an annual exhibit at FanFest at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Jeff Idelson replaced Petroskey as president on April 16,2008. In 2012, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed a law ordering the United States Mint to produce and sell commemorative, non-circulating coins to benefit the private, non-profit Hall. The bill, House Bill H. R.2527, was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from New York, the coins, which depict baseball gloves and balls, are the first concave designs produced by the Mint. The mintage included 50,000 gold coins,400,000 silver coins, the Mint released them on March 27,2014, and the gold and silver editions quickly sold out. The Hall receives money from surcharges included in the sale price,114 members of the Hall of Fame have been inducted posthumously, including four who died after their selection was announced. Of the 35 Negro league members,29 were inducted posthumously, the Hall of Fame includes one female member, Effa Manley. The newest inductees, enshrined on July 24,2016, are players Mike Piazza, the incoming class of 2017, to be formally enshrined on July 30, consists of executives John Schuerholz and Bud Selig and players Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Iván Rodríguez. In addition to honoring Hall of Fame inductees, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has presented 40 men with the Ford C, while Frick and Spink Award honorees are not members of the Hall of Fame, they are recognized in an exhibit in the Hall of Fames library. ONeil Award honorees are also not Hall of Fame members, but are listed alongside a permanent statue of the namesake and first recipient, Buck ONeil. From a final ballot typically including 25–40 candidates, each writer may vote for up to 10 players, until the late 1950s, any player named on 75% or more of all ballots cast is elected. A player who is named on fewer than 5% of ballots is dropped from future elections, players receiving 5% or more of the votes but fewer than 75% are reconsidered annually until a maximum of ten years of eligibility
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Pud Galvin
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James Francis Pud Galvin was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLBs first 300-game winner and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965, Galvin grew up in Kerry Patch, an Irish neighborhood in St. Louis. He debuted for St. Louis of the National Association in 1875, the inaugural season. He spent the next 6½ seasons with Buffalo in the International Association, in his first full MLB season in 1879, Galvin had a win–loss record of 37-27 and a 2.28 earned run average in 593 innings pitched. On August 20,1880, he became the first major league pitcher to throw a no-hitter on the road and he pitched over 400 innings in 1880,1881, and 1882. In 1883, Galvin went 46-29 with a 2.72 ERA, setting highs in wins, games started, complete games. The following season, in 1884, he went 46-22 with a 1.99 ERA in 72 games started,71 complete games, Galvin was traded to the Pittsburg Alleghenys midseason in 1885. He played for the Allegheny club from 1885 to 1889, pitching over 300 innings each year and he jumped to the Pittsburgh Burghers before the 1890 season and then returned to the Alleghenys after only one season. On June 14,1892 Galvin was traded to the St. Louis Browns and he retired after the 1892 season, though he made a brief return to Buffalo in 1894. Galvin played in an era where two-man pitching rotations were common – hence his 6,003 innings pitched and 646 complete games, upon his retirement, Galvin held all-time records in several pitching categories, including wins, innings pitched, games started, games completed and shutouts. He became MLBs first 300-game winner in 1888, Galvin holds the record for most games started in a single season by a pitcher before 1893,75. Galvin is the player in baseball history to win 20 or more games in 10 different years without winning a pennant. The nickname Pud originated because Galvin was said to make look like pudding. Galvin was also nicknamed The Little Steam Engine, a tribute to his power in spite of his small size and he was sometimes known as Gentle Jeems because of his kind disposition. Galvin died poor at age 45 on March 7,1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965 by the Veterans Committee. In honor of his achievements in Buffalo, Galvin was posthumously inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985, a 2006 NPR article referred to Galvin as the first baseball player to be widely known for using a performance enhancer. The Washington Post reported that Galvin used the Brown-Séquard elixir, which contained monkey testosterone, before a single game in 1889
