11.   But baseball took a crippling toll.

12.   But in the last few years, baseball has taken over Main Street and has spread along the roads into and out of the village.

13.   For three days, baseball takes a couple of steps back, takes a look at itself and ultimately determines that the All-Star Game is still very cool.

14.   If Rodriguez only thought he was signing a new contract, what he really did was make baseball take a look at itself.

15.   It makes sense that baseball would take to the Internet so pervasively.

16.   Ken Griffey Jr. probably is the most marketable black superstar in baseball, yet baseball has not taken full advantage of his marketability, Lapchick said.

17.   Major league baseball is not taking these legislative efforts lightly.

18.   Stern is trying to avoid the same Band-Aid approach baseball took, only to have things get worse.

19.   When union officials wanted to testify about the data, a major league executive told them baseball would take legal action against them if they did.

20.   Baseball has taken a very clear stance this year in regard to hitters being knocked down.