Overview of the 2 Class A minor league leagues - the Midwest League and the South Atlantic League. Provides a brief history and listing of all teams.

Overview of the 3 Class A Advanced minor league leagues - the California League, Carolina League, and the Florida State League. Provides a brief history and listing of all teams.

There are three Double-A baseball leagues in North America, the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. Following is an overview of the leagues and a listing of the teams in each league.

National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) is a women's professional fast pitch softball league. Its beginnings date back to 1991 with the establishment of the National Fastpitch Association (NFA) in Boulder, Colorado. 1994 saw the first Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) Tour. Women's professional softball was played as the WPF until the end of 1998, when the name was changed to the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). 2001 saw a suspension of the WPSL as the league paused to concentrate on expansion for the 2002 season. In 2002 the WPSL was renamed National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). 2002 and 2003 saw WPSL/NPF All-Star competitions.

NPF league play resumed in 2004 with six teams: Akron Racers, Arizona Heat, Texas Thunder, New England Riptide , New York/New Jersey Juggernaut, and California Sunbirds. There are currently six teams in the league (as of the 2008 season): Akron Racers, Chicago Bandits, New England Riptide, Philadelphia Force, Rockford Thunder, and Washington Glory.

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Softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois in 1887. It was originally meant to be a winter version of baseball to help keep baseball players in shape. Softball has been played under the names indoor baseball, kitten ball, diamond ball, mush ball, and pumpkin ball. The name "softball" dates from 1926. Standard rules were agreed on for softball with the formation of the Amateur Softball Association in 1933.

Softball is very similar to baseball except that it is played with a ball that is less dense than a baseball as well as larger than a baseball (ten to twelve inches and sometimes 16 inches). Other differences include the number of innings (7 in softball vs. 9 in baseball), the dimensions of the field, and some other minor rules variations (which may also vary from fast pitch to slow pitch).

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The tennis "Grand Slam" consists of the Australian Open, the French Open ("Tournoi de Roland-Garros" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon. This article provides a list of all of the female singles champions for these events:

The tennis "Grand Slam" consists of the Australian Open, the French Open ("Tournoi de Roland-Garros" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon. This article provides a list of all of the male singles champions for these events:

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The NCAA has crowned an NCAA baseball champion for Division I since 1947, for Division II since 1968, and for Division III since 1976.

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The NCAA has crowned an NCAA softball champion for Division I, Division II, and Division III since 1982. Following are all of the NCAA softball champions since 1982 for all three divisions:

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Taken from our list of The 50 Best Sports Movies, following is our list of the best baseball movies:

1. Bull Durham (1988) Rated: R
   Rank on 50 Best Sports Movies List: 2
2. Field of Dreams (1989) Rated: PG
   Rank on 50 Best Sports Movies List: 5
3. The Natural (1984) Rated: PG
   Rank on 50 Best Sports Movies List: 10
4. Eight Men Out (1988) Rated: PG
   Rank on 50 Best Sports Movies List: 13
5. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) Rated: NR
   Rank on 50 Best Sports Movies List: 19
   1 Academy Award

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Cooperstown Overview

Cooperstown is located on the southern banks of Otsego Lake in upstate New York, approximately an hour and a half west of Albany. Cooperstown is a manageable drive from most major cities in the northeastern United States, as can be seen from the following table:

City	Approx. Mileage	Approx. Drive Time
Albany, NY	76 miles	1 hour 30 minutes
Boston, MA	240 miles	4 hours
Burlington, VT	215 miles	4 hours 25 minutes
New York, NY	225 miles	4 hours
Newark, NJ	230 miles	3 hours 55 minutes
Philadelphia, PA	265 miles	4 hours 25 minutes
Providence, RI	240 miles	4 hours

For those not inclined to drive three plus hours, or who live farther away, the best way to get to Cooperstown is to fly to Albany and make the hour and a half drive west to Cooperstown. There is no train service to Cooperstown, but there is bus service from many cities.

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College baseball does not end when school gets out. There are numerous summer college baseball leagues across North America. These league are almost all wooden bat leagues that allow college players can continue to play baseball during the summer while college is out of session. They get the chance to hone and improve their skills. Almost all of these leagues have seasons that run from June through August. Following is our of both summer college baseball associations, and summer college baseball leagues.

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Triple-A is the highest level of Minor League Baseball (MiLB). There are two North American Triple-A leagues, the International League (IL), and the Pacific Coast League (PCL). Each of the IL and PCL teams is affiliated with a Major League Baseball team. There is also a third Triple-A league, the Mexican League. Mexican League teams do not have MLB affiliations.

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Minor League Baseball (MiLB), is the farm system for Major League Baseball (MLB). Each team in Minor League Baseball, with the exception of the Winter League teams, is affiliated with a Major League Baseball team (for example, the Pawtucket Red Sox are the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox).

Minor League Baseball was founded in 1901 as the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL). It played its first season in 1902 with 14 leagues and 96 teams. The NAPBL formally changed its name to Minor League Baseball in 1999. Some notable milestones in MiLB history include:

• 1930 - The first night baseball game under permanent lights.
• 1933 - Joe DiMaggio had a 61 game hitting streak for San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League.
• 1946 - Jackie Robinson made his minor league debut.
• 1981 - Pawtucket and Rochester of the International League played the longest game in baseball history - a game of 33 innings.

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Major League Baseball, MLB, "the big leagues", "the show" - all are different names for the pinnacle of North American baseball. Major League Baseball's origins date back to 1871. The National League was founded February 2, 1876 and replaced the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-1875). The American League grew out of the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states. It was renamed the American League in 1899, and acquired major league status in 1901. The current joint organizational structure where MLB is divided into the American League and the National League has existed since 1903.

In the early days of professional baseball, the season varied in length from 70 games to 154 games in the period 1876 through 1919. In 1919, baseball adopted a 154 game schedule that went into effect with the 1920 season. It remained that way until 1961 when the current 162 game schedule was introduced.

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The exact origin of baseball is the subject of some debate. It is widely accepted that baseball is a North American invention. There is mention of baseball in a 1791 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, statute that prohibited the playing of the baseball within 80 yards of the town's meeting house. There is also a description of the game published in 1838 by Dr. Adam Ford in Beachville, Ontario, Canada. The first list of rules for baseball came in 1845 from Alexander Cartwright of New York City. The game now generally recognized as the first in U.S. history to be officially recorded happened on June 19, 1846, in Hoboken, New Jersey. In that game, the "New York Nine" defeated the Knickerbockers, 23-1, in four innings.

Semiprofessional baseball was played in the 1860s, and the first professional team was formed in 1869 - the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The first major league was the National Association which played from 1871 to 1875. The National League, which is the origin of Major League Baseball and still exists to this day, was founded in 1876. The American League was founded in 1901, and the two leagues joined forces for the first World Series in 1903, which has happened every year since except 1904, and 1994.

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Spring Training is Major League Baseball's practice season, consisting of warm up activities and a schedule of exhibition games which take place prior to the start of the regular season. Spanning a total of close to two months in duration, Spring Training commences in early February and runs through the weekend preceding the season's opening day, usually the first week of April. Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training one or two weeks before the position players arrive, in order to maximize the opportunity to condition their arms and follow a structured throwing schedule. Once the position players arrive, teams begin to get ready to play their pre-season exhibition games.

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