1.   And despite recent criticism that major-league baseball was not giving Sosa the same attention that McGwire receives, Sosa said he felt plenty of support from fans everywhere.

2.   Baseball has given Lima and his family financial security, but his love has always been his music.

3.   Baseball gave us a chance to get back together.

4.   Baseball soon gave way to the less intense softball.

5.   By not naming the damned two, baseball gives some threatened cities time to line up their ducks, even if they are lame ducks.

6.   Determined to reduce its number of teams, baseball gave the franchise a death sentence.

7.   I just know that baseball has given me enormous thrills and enjoyment.

8.   Not in the same way that the Mariners were worth fighting for, which is because baseball gives you more bang for the buck.

9.   So now, in the interests of competitive equity, baseball has given pitchers an extended strike zone.

10.   The respect these other people give their officials is not something baseball gives its officials.