Questions and Answers about
Baseball
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in SportsWhich famous speech is often called Baseball’s Gettysburg Address?
Answer: Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech was delivered on July 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in New York City in front of more than 60,000 people. Gehrig had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), later known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He retired from baseball that day and died two years later. In the speech, Gehrig said he…
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in SportsWho was the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB)?
Answer: Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the white major baseball leagues on Apr. 15, 1947, when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. He was the first African American in the MLB since African-Americans had been excluded from major league baseball in 1884. Robinson was also the first black vice president…
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in SportsWhich American sports team is changing its name to “Guardians” in 2022?
After more than 100 years, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team, The Cleveland Indians, is getting a new name — The Cleveland Guardians. The ballclub announced Friday, July 23, 2021, that by the end of 2021, the Indians would transition from the name they held since 1915._x000D_
