1.   And from the time when baseball went global, there are mementos of American players going to Japan and Europe, exporting the American game.

2.   And look how far baseball has gone wrong.

3.   And last year baseball went to a wild-card system which means that a team that did not win a division race can qualify for post-season play.

4.   As far as baseball goes, the only thing fans find more entertaining than a World Series team is a World Series winner.

5.   As baseball goes, this was one big fish story.

6.   Baseball went away for eight months, and the only things heard about the game were negative.

7.   Baseball has gone international, what with a solid quarter of its players coming from outside the United States.

8.   Baseball is going to the ballpark and leaving your watch at home.

9.   Baseball is going down.

10.   Baseball is going downhill.