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Major League Baseball tickets are a time-honored tradition woven into the very fabric of American culture. No sports tickets have been on the market longer than Major League tickets, and fathers and sons alike across several generations can tell stories of memorable experiences they've had at the ballpark.
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In an exclusive interview with BET NIGHTLY NEWS, BET Founder and CEO Robert L. Johnson revealed that his effort with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to bring Major League Baseball to the nation's capital has the potential to become much more. Johnson said that discussions with Snyder's organization ... include possible part-ownership of the Redskins and the launch of a new regional sports television network. BET NIGHTLY NEWS televises weeknights at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.
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Baseball is largely known as America's pastime, but has a fan base in several other countries as well. The history of baseball in Canada has remained closely linked with that of the sport in the United States. As early as 1877, a professional league, the International Association, featured teams from both countries. While baseball is widely played in Canada, and many minor league teams have been based in the country, the American major leagues did not include a Canadian club until 1969, when the Montreal Expos joined the National League as an expansion team. In 1977, the expansion Toronto Blue Jays joined the American League. The Blue Jays won the World Series in 1992 and 1993, the first and still the only club from outside the United States to do so. In 2004, Major League Baseball relocated the Expos to Washington, D.C., where the team is now known as the Nationals.
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Baseball parks became important local civic monuments and repositories of collective memories. The first parks had been jerry-built, flimsy wooden structures, but between 1909 and 1923 some 15 major league clubs constructed new, more permanent parks of steel and concrete. These edifices were akin to the great public buildings, skyscrapers, and railway terminals of the day; local residents proudly pointed to them as evidence of their city's size and its achievements.
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Baseball is played between two teams of nine players each on a baseball field, under the authority of one or more officials, called umpires. There are usually four umpires in major league games; up to six (and as few as one) may officiate depending on the league and the importance of the game. There are four bases. Numbered counter-clockwise, first, second and third bases are cushions (sometimes informally referred to as bags) shaped as 15 in (38 cm) squares which are raised a short distance above the ground; together with home plate, the fourth "base," they form a square with sides of 90 ft (27.4 m) called the diamond. Home base (plate) is a pentagonal rubber slab known as simply home. The playing field is divided into three main sections:
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"Major League Baseball's partnership with Bank of America continues to generate beneficial opportunities for our dedicated fan base," said John Brody, senior vice president, Major League Baseball. "The significance of these unique reward packages, offered in celebration of the 2007 baseball season, exemplifies our collaboration with Bank of America."
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