Baseball links

Generic Baseball   The Baseball Almanac

                              The Baseball Archive

Segregated Baseball  Negro Baseball League

                                  Black Baseball

Women's Baseball   History of Women's baseball.  also use wikipedia.

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Baseball is America's favorite pastime.
Pretend you are a Sports Writer for a major newspaper in the past about 50 years ago.  Pick a baseball player or team from before 1960 and write an article about them.
You can pretend this is an interview, in which you will pick a famous player and invent the conversation.

The invented conversation will be historically accurate and well researched.
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You can report on a major win the team you picked just had.  Select something that is historically significant something like a World Series win or record that was just broken.  Be sure to get all of your facts straight.  Include player's names and statisics.

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Write a summary of the most significant changes that have occurred in the rules of the game.

(The final portfolio paper will be 1 page double space, standard margins.  Put your name and class period in the Header on the top right.)