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Minor League Baseball's Most Valuable Teams

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By Chris Smith, Forbes Staff

On July 9, 2011, the Dayton Dragons drubbed the South Bend Silver Hawks, their Class A Midwest League rivals, by a score of 9-1. Though the game’s attendance number might not seem remarkable – at fewer than 9,000 fans it was a fraction of what even the MLB’s worst teams draw nightly – it marked the Dragons’ 815th consecutive sellout, a streak that stretched back to the team’s inaugural season in 2000 and, as of that July day, one that set a pro sports record. It’s a streak still going strong in 2013 at well over 900 games. …read more

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MLB All-Star Game Moments: Pete Rose Collision, Reggie Jackson Homer Among Most Memorable

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Don’t tell Ray Fosse that the All-Star Game didn’t really “count” until 2003.

The longtime Cleveland Indians catcher was on the wrong end of one of the most infamous — and painful — plays in All-Star history when Pete Rose obliterated him in a collision at home plate in order to score the winning run in 1970. Fosse’s fractured and separated soldier surely counted.

Dating back to July 1933, when Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward orchestrated a star-studded charity game at Comiskey Park, the most talented — and most popular — players in the majors have gathered on one summer day for one star-studded game. While generations of the game’s best and brightest stars have shone on the All-Star stage, pride was the only thing on the line until the 2002 affair ended in an embarrassing tie. The following year, MLB adopted a “This Time It Counts” slogan and awarded home-field advantage in the World Series to the winning team.

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Suspending A-Rod And Ryan Braun Could Jeopardize The Credibility Of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention And Treatment Program

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By Alicia Jessop, Contributor In recent weeks, reports have indicated that some of MLB’s biggest stars, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, may face suspensions as a result of MLB’s investigation into Biogenesis, the Miami anti-aging clinic which allegedly supplied performance enhancing drugs to MLB players.  With major media outlets asserting that MLB is considering imposing at least 100-game bans against Rodriguez and Braun, an evaluation of MLB’s Join Drug Prevention and Treatment Program demonstrates that imposing such discipline may not be in MLB’s best interest. …read more

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MLB, MLBPA join Sox for One Fund donation

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By Zack Meisel The Red Sox, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are joining together to donate $646,500 to The One Fund Boston, a non-profit organization established by Boston’s mayor and Massachusetts’ governor in an effort to aid those burdened by the attacks in the city over the past week.

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MLB announces Breaking Barriers essay winners

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By Spencer Fordin The Breaking Barriers program, initiated in 1997, has sought to educate people while keeping the memory of Jackie Robinson alive. The 2013 Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life essay contest drew a record 18,700 submissions, and Major League Baseball announced the winners Thursday.

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More to root for: Cave Dwellers out to Beat the Streak

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By Mark Newman The MLB Fan Cave Dwellers have a simple mission: Watch all 2,430 regular-season games on TV, plus All-Star Week and the postseason. They have found that playing MLB.com’s Beat the Streak makes their pursuit even more enjoyable along the way, and another thing they can share with fans everywhere over social media as they tweet their picks.

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