Baseball

1. Take Me Out To The Ballgame

5. Yankee Stadium
• Yankee Stadium is
located in the South
Bronx in New York City.
• It opened on April 2,
2009 as a replacement
for the team's previous
home, the original
Yankee Stadium, which
opened in 1923.
• The first regular season
game was played on
April 16, a 10–2 Yankee
loss to the Cleveland
Indians.

33. National Baseball Hall of Fame
• Established in 1936 – Dedicated
on June 12, 1939.
• Was founded by Stephen Clark-
Clark sought to bring tourists to
a city hurt by the Great
Depression and Prohibition.
• It serves as the central point for
the study of the history of
baseball in the United States
and beyond, displays baseball-
related artifacts and exhibits,
and honors those who have
excelled in playing, managing,
and serving the sport.
• The Hall's motto is "Preserving
History, Honoring Excellence,
Connecting Generations.“
• About 315,000 people visit the
Hall each year(as of 2009)

90. Buck O’Neil
• was a first baseman and
manager in the Negro
American League, mostly with
the Kansas City Monarchs.
After his playing days, he
worked as a scout, and became
the first African American
coach in Major League
Baseball. In his later years he
became a popular and
renowned speaker and
interview subject, helping to
renew widespread interest in
the Negro leagues, and played
a major role in establishing the
Negro Leagues Baseball
Museum in Kansas City,
Missouri.
• On December 7, 2006, O'Neil
was posthumously awarded the
Presidential Medal of
Freedom.
• On October 24, 2007, O'Neil
was posthumously given a
Lifetime Achievement Award
named after him by MLB.

137. Fenway Park
• Opened in 1912 and is the oldest ballpark
in MLB
• It is the 4th smallest among MLB
ballparks by seating capacity.
• On March 7, 2012 the park was added to
the National Register of Historic Places.
• The first game was played on April
20,1912 with Boston defeating the New
York Highlanders, 7-6.
• On September 8, 2008 Fenway Park
broke the all time Major League record
for consecutive sellouts with 456, in 2009
the park celebrated its 500th consecutive
Red Sox sellout. The sellout streak ended
in 2013; in all the Red Sox sold out 794
regular season games and 26 postseason
games during this streak.

161. Independence Hall

162. Independence Hall
• Here the Continental Congress sat from the
date it convened, May 10, 1775 until the close
of the revolution, except when in 1776-77 it sat
in Baltimore and in 1777-78 in Lancaster and
York due to the temporary occupation of
Philadelphia by the British army.
• On June 16, 1775 George Washington accepted
his appointment by Congress as General of the
continental army.
• On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of
Independence was adopted and on July 9, 1778
the Articles of Confederation and perpetual
union between the states were adopted and
signed.
• On November 3, 1781 twenty four standards,
taken at the surrender at Yorktown, were laid at
the feet of Congress and his excellency, the
ambassador of France.
• On September 17, 1787 the Constitution of the
United States was adopted and signed.
• In this building sat the first Senate and the
House of Representatives of the United States.
• George Washington was inaugurated President
on March 4, 1793.
• John Adams was inaugurated the second
president of the United States on March 4,
1797.

172. Christ Church
• Christ Church was founded in 1695 by
members of the Church of England. As the
first Protestant Episcopal church in the
United States, Christ Church is the
birthplace of the American Episcopal
Church.
• The main body of the church was
constructed between 1727 and 1744, and
the steeple was added in 1754, making it
the tallest building in North America at the
time, at 60 meters.
• The baptismal font in which William Penn
baptized is still in use at Christ Church.
Christ Church's congregation included 15
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
American Revolutionary War leaders who
attended Christ Church include George
Washington, Robert Morris, Benjamin
Franklin and Betsy Ross.
• During the war, the Reverend William
White (1748–1836), rector of Christ
Church, served as Chaplain to both the
Continental Congress and the United States
Senate. White is buried in the church's
chancel.
• Christ Church is a National Historic
Lamdmark and a unique historic site that
continues its original function as an
Episcopal parish. More than 250,000
tourists visit the church each year.

193. Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
Babe Ruth
The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much
for it.
Jackie Robinson
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Ted Williams
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.
Lou Gehrig
When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
Joe DiMaggio
Kids are our future, and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along,
whether you be black or white.
Larry Doby
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
Walt Whitman
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.
Ernie Banks