1.   And when baseball became a medal sport at the Barcelona Olympics, the Cubans easily won the gold.

2.   Baseball has become like basketball and hockey.

3.   Baseball has become so international that its culture clashes are not dramatic.

4.   Baseball became a refuge for a smoldering city, and it was again Wednesday.

5.   Baseball has become like square dancing, or so it seems.

6.   Baseball has become the Sominex of American sports.

7.   Baseball became his love.

8.   Baseball became secondary as everybody monitored the events in New York and Washington D.C., and many teams wondered how they would get back home.

9.   Baseball has become impersonal.

10.   Baseball has become poll happy, and the results always seem to support the gimmick its leaders are selling at the moment.