# Baseball

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Category: Sports
Slides: 32
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:22.948Z
Tags: sports, baseball

## Summary

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..

## Slide Outline

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

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