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FILE - JUNE 04: According to reports Major League Baseball will seek to suspend about 20 players including Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and Melky Cabrera stemming the ongoing PED investigation linked to the defunct Biogenesis clinic in Miami. PITTSBURGH, PA - MAY 15: Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers bats against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 15, 2013 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
Kids play baseball, New Hampshire, 1954.
Kids play baseball, New Hampshire, 1954.
Boy carrying baseball bats, New Hampshire, 1954.
Boy carrying baseball bats, New Hampshire, 1954.
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Baseball fans enter Nationals Park before the start of the Washington Nationals Opening Day game against the Florida Marlins on April 1 in Washington, DC.
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Brazil's third baseman Leonardo Reginatto throws the ball while Chinese batter Chu Fujia runs to the first base during the eighth inning of their first-round Pool A game in the World Baseball Classic tournament in Fukuoka on March 5, 2013. China beat Brazil 5-2.
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Brazil's third baseman Leonardo Reginatto throws the ball while Chinese batter Chu Fujia runs to the first base during the eighth inning of their first-round Pool A game in the World Baseball Classic tournament in Fukuoka on March 5, 2013. China beat Brazil 5-2.
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Marvin Miller, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, announces the end to the baseball strike at a news conference in New York on April 13, 1972. Standing with Miller, from left, are Gary Peers of the Boston Red Sox, Wes Parker of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Joe Torre of the St. Louis Cardinals. At right is Dick Moss, general counsel for the association. Miller, the union leader who created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized professional sports with multimillion dollar contracts, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 in New York. He was 95.
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Executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association Marvin Miller explains new baseball contract agreement at press conference on May 25, 1970 in New York City.
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Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, left, argues a call with first base umpire Dan Bellino after Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia was called out at first base in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston, Aug. 26, 2012. Valentine was thrown out of the game.
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Babe Ruth, the most famous and, arguably, the most beloved player to ever wear a baseball uniform, died of cancer on August 16, 1948 -- two months after his final public appearance at Yankee Stadium. On that gray June day when, gravely ill, he last put on the pinstripes (above), 60,000 people filled "The House That Ruth Built" -- to watch as his famous No. 3 was retired, and pay tribute to a man who had given so many fans so many thrills for so many years. LIFE magazine's Ralph Morse was there, chronicling Ruth's final moments in the public eye; now, in this gallery, LIFE.com presents rare and unpublished photos from that day. Morse -- 93 years old, and as sharp as ever -- recently spoke with LIFE and recalled what it was like to photograph one of the 20th century's greatest athletes as the Babe said his final, poignant goodbye.
Frank Robinson is the only player in baseball history to be named MVP in both the National and American leagues. “Frank was gifted in so many ways. He could go 0-4 at the plate and still beat you. He could make a hell of a play in the outfield. He didn’t have the strongest arm in the world, but he was the most accurate, and he didn’t make too many mistakes. He dominated the league for a few years. Both leagues, in fact! He even won the Triple Crown [in 1966, the year after the Reds traded him to Baltimore because he was 'an old 30']—something I was never able to do. And I sure tried!”
Frank Robinson is the only player in baseball history to be named MVP in both the National and American leagues. "Frank was gifted in so many ways. He could go 0-4 at the plate and still beat you. He could make a hell of a play in the outfield. He didn’t have the strongest arm in the world, but he was the most accurate, and he didn’t make too many mistakes. He dominated the league for a few years. Both leagues, in fact! He even won the Triple Crown [in 1966, the year after the Reds traded him to Baltimore because he was 'an old 30']—something I was never able to do. And I sure tried!"
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An awe-struck baseball fan is seized with utter delight as he watches the Braves win their first and only World Series while based in Milwaukee in 1957.
Eugene Hoshiko / AP
Students play catch during an inaugural ceremony of Major League Baseball's first professional development center at Dongbeitang High School Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 in Wuxi, China. The center, part of a program in this eastern Chinese manufacturing center aimed at finding and nurturing future talent, and promoting the game in China
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Baseball fans blow their horns before a Florida Marlins baseball game in Miami on June 19, 2010. The horns are similar to vuvuzelas, the noisemakers all the rage at South Africa's World Cup
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Chicago Cubs baseball announcer and Baseball Hall of Famer Harry Caray conducts fans singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in 1997.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, before the House Oversight, and Government Reform committee hearing on drug use in baseball.
Eric Gay / AP
The Boston Red Sox celebrate after the final out in Game 4 of the baseball World Series against the Colorado Rockies Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver. The Red Sox won 4-3 to sweep the series.
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Texas Rangers pitcher Frank Francisco answered a man and wife who heckled the team by tossing a chair that broke the woman’s nose. The pair bought seats near the Ranger bullpen so they could taunt opposing players
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Keith Olbermann poses with his autographed baseball card collection May 2, 2000, in Santa Monica, Calif.
Eric Gay / AP
A kayaker pulls a raft with children around a flooded baseball park in San Antonio, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio.
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Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks back towards the Padres dugout after a brawl during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on April 11, 2013 in San Diego, California.
Jack Dempsey / AP
A statue of Branch Rickey is covered in snow outside of Coors Field before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies.
Morry Gash / AP
Former Major League Baseball catcher Mike Piazza
Gene Blythe / AP
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning in April 2013 under a policy change announced Tuesday, March 5, 2013, by the head of the Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole.
Gene Blythe / AP
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning in April 2013.
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Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum answers questions during a news conference at the baseball winter meetings Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn.
Kathy Willens / AP
Alex Rodriguez watches from the dugout during the first inning of Game 5 of the American League division baseball series against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, in New York.
Bebeto Matthews / AP
A mural recalling the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, shows signs of decay on the wall of a subway station on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mike Cassese / Reuters
Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar stands beside the mound during their MLB American League baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Toronto September 15, 2012.
Evan Vucci / AP
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg sits in the dugout during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Washington.
Ailing baseball great Babe Ruth thanks the crowd at Yankee Stadium for their ovation on “Babe Ruth Day,” April 27, 1947.
Ailing baseball great Babe Ruth thanks the crowd at Yankee Stadium for their ovation on "Babe Ruth Day," April 27, 1947.
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University of Pittsburgh students cheer wildly from atop the Cathedral of Learning as they look down on Forbes Field, where the Pittsburgh Pirates are playing the Yankees in the 7th game of a Series that would enter baseball lore when Bill Mazeroski smacked a 9th-inning, game-winning home run. It was Pittsburgh's first championship in 35 years.
Stan Musial (right) celebrates his retirement from baseball at his own restaurant, with Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO, center) enjoying the festivities.
Stan Musial (right) celebrates his retirement from baseball at his own restaurant, with Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO, center) enjoying the festivities.
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New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez is reportedly facing a Major League Baseball investigation over allegations that he participated in high-stakes underground poker games
Elaine Thompson / AP
Seattle Mariners' Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to end the baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the ninth inning in Seattle on May 6, 2010
Gerald Herbert / AP
President Bush poses with Chinese men's baseball team catcher Yang Yang and U.S. team catcher Lou Marson after throwing out a first pitch to each
Richard Drew, File / AP
Fashion designer Marc Ecko holds the baseball hit by San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds for his record-breaking 756th home run.
Tony Avelar / AP
Former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds arrives at a federal building in San Francisco.
Keith Philpott for TIME
Portrait of baseball statistician Bill James holding 4 baseballs at a minor league field near his home in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Members of the Virginia Tech baseball team bow their heads during a moment of silence prior to the start of their game against the University of Miami April 20, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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STARE-DOWN: Gossage is critical of today's baseball writers, saying they do not appreciate the old days
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Baseball is harder than acting, so Linklater cast Sammi Kane Kraft, who throws 70-m.p.h fastballs, to play opposite Thornton
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George W. Bush: A big baseball fan
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The San Francisco Giants celebrate in the locker room after defeating the Detroit Tigers to win Game Four of the Major League Baseball World Series at Comerica Park on October 28, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan.
Not originally published in LIFE. Players buy their own baseball mitts during spring training, Dodgertown, Vero Beach, Fla., 1948.
Not originally published in LIFE. Players buy their own baseball mitts during spring training, Dodgertown, Vero Beach, Fla., 1948.
Gail Burton / AP
Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver waves to the crowd during a celebration in honor of the 1979 Orioles American League pennant winners before the baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates in Baltimore, June 13, 2008.
Brian Snyder / Reuters
Miami Marlins shortstop Jose Reyes throws out Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia at first base in the third inning of their MLB interleague baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass., in this June 21, 2012.
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In this May 14, 1991, file photo, New York Yankees' Pascual Perez throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the California Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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San Francisco Giants second baseman Ryan Theriot (5) scores the game-winning run against the Detroit Tigers in the 10th inning during Game 4 of baseball's World Series on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Detroit.
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Angel Pagan, right, of the San Francisco Giants celebrates with his teammates after defeating the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in Game One of the Major League Baseball World Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco, on Oct. 24, 2012.
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Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera (L) bumps fists with designated hitter Delmon Young after hitting a solo home run against the Kansas City Royals in the sixth inning solo home run in their MLB American League baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri October 1, 2012.
Chris O'Meara / AP Photo
Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, left, and designated hitter Chris Davis, right, high-five teammates after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 in a baseball game, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Baseball game at Charles Schulz's home in California in 1967.
Carlos Delgado, File / AP
In this Sept. 25, 2008 photo, Los Angeles Dodgers owner and chairman Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie McCourt after the Dodgers' baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles.
In front of tens of thousands of loyal Cardinals fans, his teammates and the Cincinnati Reds, Stan Musial says goodbye to baseball in September, 1963, after 22 years in a St. Louis uniform.
In front of tens of thousands of loyal Cardinals fans, his teammates and the Cincinnati Reds, Stan Musial says goodbye to baseball in September, 1963, after 22 years in a St. Louis uniform.
Jeff Roberson / AP
St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese reacts after hitting a solo home run off a pitch by Texas Rangers' Mark Lowe in the 11th inning of Game 6 of baseball's World Series on Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.
Jeffery Washington / AP
Police and fans look over the railing where a fan fell from the stands during the second inning of a baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics, Thursday, July 7, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.
Paul Beaty / AP
Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano delievers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals during a baseball game in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 19
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Former St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire is sworn in during a Capitol Hill session investigating steroid use in Major League Baseball, March 17, 2005
Reed Saxon / AP
Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez has become by far the highest-profile player ensnared in a baseball drug scandal.
Mark J. Terrill / AP
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Nick Adenhart throws to the plate during the first inning of their baseball game against the Oakland Athletics.
Michiko Toyama
Eri Yoshida is the first female — and the youngest — professional baseball player in an all-male league in Japan
Gene J. Puskar / AP
Former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost stands in the dugout during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Julie Jacobson / AP
New York Yankee fans watch from the upper deck as past Yankee greats are introduced during a ceremony before a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Geoff Johnson for TIME
Isokazu Kubota, the master craftsman of sports-equipment manufacturer Mizuno Technics Corporation, holding baseball bats (belonging to Hideki Matsui,#55, and Ichiro Suzuki, #51) in a private workshop for VIP customers.
Andy Kropa / Redux
Senator Hillary Clinton signs copies of her book for Democratic activists at a minor league baseball stadium in Iowa
Winslow Townson / AP
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds watches a hit during their baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on June 16, 2007.
Elaine Thompson / AP
The Seattle Mariners' Miguel Batista and Felix Hernandez at baseball spring training in Peoria, Ariz.
BROOKS KRAFT / CORBIS FOR TIME
U.S. President George W. Bush and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi attend a tribute to the late baseball great Jackie Robinson in Washington, March 2, 2005.
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
Cody Walker of Columbus, Ga., and Japan's catcher Ryota Koike play in the Little League World Series Championship baseball game.
ED ZURGA/AP
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig (left)
Alan Levenson for TIME
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Video baseball occupies Taylor Livingston, 10, right, and a
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Red Sox star Ted Williams, all of 22 years old, demonstrates his batting technique in 1941 — the year The Kid hit .406 with 37 home runs, 120 RBIs and 135 runs scored. NOTE: As all baseball fans know, despite those mind-boggling numbers, Williams was not the league MVP in '41. That honor went to Joe DiMaggio and his 56-game hitting streak.
Not originally published in LIFE. Willie Mays besieged by fans after a game. “If they had a Nobel Prize for baseball, Willie would have won it.” — Lon Simmons, San Francisco broadcaster
Not originally published in LIFE. Willie Mays besieged by fans after a game. "If they had a Nobel Prize for baseball, Willie would have won it." — Lon Simmons, San Francisco broadcaster
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Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River Edge, NJ home on June 7, 1956. Mantle had prodigious power, and he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history: a 565-foot shot in Washington's Griffith Stadium in 1953. What makes Mantle's power even more astounding is the man's size: he was just 5' 11" and about 200 pounds.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers work out before tonight's game with the Atlanta Braves at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on April 20, 2011. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced Wednesday the league office is assuming control of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the wake of a report team owner Frank McCourt is struggling to pay bills.
Esteban Felix / AP
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, right, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greet supporters at the opening game of the Nicaraguan Baseball Professional League final series in Managua.
Rick Wilking / Reuters
Members of the Boston Red Sox celebrate after they defeated the Colorado Rockies in Game 4 to win Major League Baseball's World Series in Denver, Oct. 28, 2007.
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