Paul loved baseball. He loved baseball more than football. He loved baseball more than basketball. His favorite team was the Yankees. He wanted to play baseball for the Yankees. He practiced baseball almost every day. He practiced throwing the baseba...
By David Gollust State Department 13 August 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has named retired baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. to be a U.S. public diplomacy special envoy. Ripken, inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame last month, will begin t...
By David Byrd Washington 08 August 2007 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds has passed Hank Aaron for the Major League Baseball career home run record. But the achievement is under a cloud because of allegations of steroid use. As VOA's David By...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 23 July 2007 Baseball fans around the world have watched Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants pursue a date with destiny. The Giants' home run slugger first eclipsed Babe Ruth's home run total of 714, then set h...
By Parke Brewer Washington 08 May 2007 These are the opening weeks of the 2007 Major League Baseball season, and by this time next year fans in the nation's capital will be watching their team in a brand new stadium. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer re...
By Parke Brewer Washington, D.C. 30 April 2007 These are the opening weeks of the 2007 Major League Baseball season, and by this time next year fans in the nation's capital will be watching their team in a brand new stadium. VOA Sports Editor Parke B...
By Ernest Leong Washington 11 April 2007 The American major league baseball season kicked off recently, a sign spring has arrived in North America. But the game some call America's pastime is also growing in popularity around the world. VOA's Ernest...
WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Baseball By Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Sunday, June 05, 2005 Now the VOA Special English program: Words and Their Stories. Baseball is America's national sport, so it is not...
THIS IS AMERICA - Baseball Season Opens as Congress Investigates Steroid Use By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, April 11, 2005 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm F...
THIS IS AMERICA - Baseball and American Culture By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 09, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I...