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Baseball

Baseball is the only major American sport with no clock. A game ends when twenty-seven outs have been recorded by the team in the field; if those outs take...

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Baseball is the only major American sport with no clock. A game ends when twenty-seven outs have been recorded by the team in the field; if those outs take three hours or seven, that's the game. Key sections include: Base ball.; Opening America's slow game.; Chapter I The first written rules.; Chapter II The first professionals.; Chapter III The two leagues.; Chapter IV Babe Ruth, the live ball.; Chapter V The shadow league.; Chapter VI Jackie Robinson at Ebbets.; Chapter VII Willie Mays.; Chapter VIII Hank Aaron's 715..

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  1. 01Base ball.
  2. 02Opening America's slow game.
  3. 03Chapter I The first written rules.
  4. 04Chapter II The first professionals.
  5. 05Chapter III The two leagues.
  6. 06Chapter IV Babe Ruth, the live ball.
  7. 07Chapter V The shadow league.
  8. 08Chapter VI Jackie Robinson at Ebbets.
  9. 09Chapter VII Willie Mays.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Hank Aaron's 715.
  11. 11Chapter IX The Miracle Mets.
  12. 12Chapter X Cincinnati, 1975–76.
  13. 13Chapter XI Buckner and Mookie.
  14. 14Chapter XII 1919 and the gambling scandal.
  15. 15Chapter XIII The all-time hits leader.
  16. 16Chapter XIV 2,632 consecutive games.
  17. 17Chapter XV 1998: McGwire and Sosa.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The asterisk-and-record holder.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The decade of the muscle.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Diamondbacks over Yankees.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Beane and the 2002 A's.
  22. 22Chapter XX Spin rate and exit velocity.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The 2010s' best player.
  24. 24Chapter XXII The two-way player.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII 2023 and the rules reset.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV The global game.
  27. 27Chapter XXV The development pyramid.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI Twenty-five works.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII Watch & read.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII Why baseball still matters.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX Resources.
  32. 32The end of the deck.
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Category
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Updated
2026-05-15
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