1.   Beeston referred to Donald Fehr, the head of the union, which has been ahead of the owners in the desire to take baseball worldwide.

2.   Dealing with rising costs and finding revenue sources could take baseball in many directions, said Selig.

3.   Curt Flood took baseball to the wall.

4.   He also acknowledges the nature of the business might have taken baseball and broadcasting into areas he might not enjoy.

5.   He will no doubt brag about his park being a first for Australia, where professional baseball has been taken seriously for only about nine years.

6.   If that is so, let the new era continue and take baseball wherever Mark McGwire and friends lead it.

7.   Now I take baseball seriously.

8.   Now I take baseball very seriously.

9.   Over the weekend, he took a baseball right in the braces.

10.   Roberts took a baseball off his thumb during batting practice.