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In baseball, professional leagues are classified according to their level of play and quality of talent, with Major League Baseball being the highest level of play and the various leagues comprising Minor League Baseball ranked below. If a player is competing in a league above their level of ability, they are said to be "out of their league".
Her performance earned her a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and, in 2005, Maine's Baseball Hall of Fame. On being the first woman to be inducted, then 69-year-old Maxine reportedly said, "I think it's pretty good. It's been a long time coming." [3] The league folded after the 1954 season, ending Simmons' professional baseball career.
That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all. — Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, on his preference for baseball over American football and basketball, in which a team who lead often try to stall play in order that time should expire; There are only five things you can do in baseball: run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power.
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After his baseball career ended, Quisenberry became a poet, publishing three poems in 1995 and a book of poetry titled On Days Like This in 1998. [ citation needed ] He was also one of baseball's most quotable characters, with bon mots like "I found a delivery in my flaw" and "I've seen the future and it's much like the present, only longer."
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Mary Elizabeth Murphy (April 13, 1894 – July 27, 1964), known as "The Queen of Baseball", was the first woman to play baseball against major league players, in 1922. She played baseball for seventeen years as a first baseman; she also played on several all-star teams and was the first person of either sex to play on both American and National league baseball All-Star teams.
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