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Show Baseball begins this month in the Major Leagues, signaling sig-naling the end of winter, .approaching summer and conclusion of a school year. MAJOR LEAGUE teams will play 162 games, and perhaps for the last year in two division leagues. There's serious discussion today of expanding the leagues to three divisions. That would allow more teams to participate par-ticipate in the playoffs. Baseball is a game which doesn't bar the small player (look how many Latins excel) and which enables players to utilize skill, timing and precision, as well as physical strength and bodily contact. As such, it has widespread, democratic appeal. IT ALSO enables every player on the team an equal chance to star offensively, another unique feature of baseball, a truly universal game. |