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Baseball:
The Major League Experience

Presenter: Bill Lee
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Transcript

 

Baseball, the Great American Pastime, is a common thread running through each of our lives.  Whether it's Little League, sandlot, high school, college, or pick-up games during recess at school, we each carry memories of games past.   Marking the seasons of the year with Spring Training, Opening Day, the Pennant Races of August, and World Series, following our favorite teams and players carries us from child to adulthood.

The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) is proud to celebrate the new season with its seminar titled Baseball: The Great American Pastime.  We are fortunate to have former Major League Pitcher Bill Lee join us to share his big league experiences with students and teachers across North Carolina.

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Discuss with students:

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  • Favorite teams, have students create a graph showing their favorites.
  • Experiences they have had participating in the game.
  • Why is baseball is called the Great American Pastime.
  • Items that fans collect.
  • Questions they would like to ask Bill Lee about his career and baseball in general.

Web Resources

Major League

Baseball Hall of Fame
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/index.htm

Major League Baseball's Official Web Site
http://majorleaguebaseball.com/

Minor League Baseball

The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/

CBS Sportsline Minor League Page
http://www.sportsline.com/u/baseball/minors/index.html

Negro League

Black Baseball's Negro Baseball Leagues
http://www.blackbaseball.com/

Team Logos
http://www.cybercomm.net/~fiorella/logos/NegroLeagues/

A List of Links
http://webusers.anet-stl.com/~civil/negroleaguebaseballlinks.html

Super Site for Kids
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/negro_baseball.html

The Negro Leagues of Professional Baseball
http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/u/baseball/mlbcom/nbl/index.html

Women's Baseball

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1943-1954
http://www.dlcwest.com/~smudge/enhanced.html

WWW Women's Sports Page
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~lewisa/baseball.html

The Girls of Summer
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/girlsofsummer.html

Women in Baseball
http://www.totalbaseball.com/history/group/women/women.html

Women in Baseball: A Selective Bibliography from the Baseball Hall of Fame
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/biblios/women_in_baseball.htm

International Baseball

Japan
http://www2.inter.co.jp/Baseball/

Mexico
http://www.lmb.com.mx/lmb_frm0.htm

 

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Bill Lee's
Biographical information

 

During a career stretching from 1969 through 1982,  Bill won 119 games, lost 90 and logged a 3.63 earned run average with the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos.  Bill was a member of the 1975 Red Sox and pitched in the 1975 World Series against the "Big Red Machine" of the Cincinnati Reds.  Bill is perhaps best known for his colorful personality and exploit, which earned him the nickname "Spaceman".  Bill now lives in Vermont and is never too far from the game which will always remain a part of his life

Links to Bill Lee Related Sites

Bill Lee Article
http://www.bccc.com/TruNorth/lee.html

Bill Lee's Major League Record
http://baseball1.com/database/results.php3?leebi03

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Posted: April 28, 2000