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• 2004 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings
• 2004 in baseball - Postseason
• 2004 in baseball - Other Champions
• 2004 in baseball - Events
• 2004 in baseball - January-April
• 2004 in baseball - May-June
• 2004 in baseball - July
• 2004 in baseball - August
• 2004 in baseball - September
• 2004 in baseball - October-December
• 2004 in baseball - Awards
• 2004 in baseball - Books
• 2004 in baseball - Movies
• 2004 in baseball - Births
• 2004 in baseball - Deaths

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The following are the baseball events of the year 2002 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 1990s 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 1994 • 1993 • 1992
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• 2002 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings
• 2002 in baseball - American League final standings
• 2002 in baseball - National League final standings
• 2002 in baseball - Postseason
• 2002 in baseball - Events
• 2002 in baseball - January-March
• 2002 in baseball - April-June
• 2002 in baseball - July
• 2002 in baseball - August
• 2002 in baseball - September
• 2002 in baseball - October
• 2002 in baseball - November-December
• 2002 in baseball - Awards
• 2002 in baseball - Books
• 2002 in baseball - Movies
• 2002 in baseball - Deaths
• 2002 in baseball - January-March
• 2002 in baseball - April-June
• 2002 in baseball - July-September
• 2002 in baseball - October-December

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Astro may refer to: Astronomy. Astrology Astro (satellite TV), a subscription-based multi-channel satellite TV service. Astro (The Jetsons), a dog on the animated television series The Jetsons. Astro Boy, the American title for the Japanese animated series Tetsuwan Atomu. Astro Chicken, a video game. Astro City, a comic book series. ASTRO-E and ASTRO-EII, Japanese X-ray astronomy satellites. Astro-geodetic methods, a group of important m

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The Reliant Astrodome, formerly "the Astrodome", is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind. It is located in Houston, Texas at 29.6849° N 95.408° W, and is part of the Reliant Park complex. It opened in 1965 as Harris County Domed Stadium and was nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World". (A team owner is quoted as saying that the "rent for the Astrodome was the ninth".) Reliant Energy purchased naming rights to the building in 2000. Reliant Astrodome - History. Major Leagu ...

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• Reliant Astrodome - History
• Reliant Astrodome - Teams who played there
• Reliant Astrodome - Scoreboard
• Reliant Astrodome - Recent history
• Reliant Astrodome - Hurricane Katrina

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Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. Arcadia - Modern Arcadia. Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli. It forms the largest prefecture on the Peloponnesian peninsula. It currently covers about 18% of the entire peninsula, although it once extended to about 20 to 25% of the peninsula. The prefecture has a skiing resort on ...

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• Arcadia - Modern Arcadia
• Arcadia - Persons
• Arcadia - Climate
• Arcadia - History
• Arcadia - Population
• Arcadia - Transportation
• Arcadia - Communications
• Arcadia - Television
• Arcadia - Provinces
• Arcadia - Municipalities and communities

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1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). 1965 - Events. 1965 - January. January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of two 15 year olds - Christine Sharrock and Marrine Schmidt - found at Wanda Beach, Sydney (Wanda Beach Murders) January 14 - Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland meet for the f ...

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• 1965 - Events
• 1965 - January
• 1965 - February
• 1965 - March
• 1965 - April
• 1965 - May
• 1965 - June
• 1965 - July
• 1965 - August
• 1965 - September
• 1965 - October
• 1965 - November
• 1965 - December
• 1965 - Unknown dates
• 1965 - Births
• 1965 - January
• 1965 - February
• 1965 - March-April
• 1965 - May-June
• 1965 - July-August
• 1965 - September-December
• 1965 - Deaths
• 1965 - January-March
• 1965 - April-December
• 1965 - Nobel Prizes

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In sports, the term purist is often used to refer to a fan of a sport who dislikes recent innovations or changes in rules of the sport. Purist - Baseball purists. A baseball purist (or "traditionalist") heartily dislikes the changes in the sport since 1993, which include regular season inter-league play (prior to 1994, the teams in the American League never played the teams in the National League during the regular season), the addition of a wildcard team in the post-season playoffs, the four new expansion ...

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Purist, Purist - Purist in entertainment, Purist - Purist in sports, Purist - Baseball purists, Purist - American football purists, Purist - Other sport purists, Purist - Other examples

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Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli. It forms the largest prefecture on the Peloponnesian peninsula. It currently covers about 18% of the entire peninsula, although it once extended to about 20 to 25% of the peninsula. The prefecture has a skiing resort on Mount Maenalus, the Mainalon, located about 20 km NW of Tripoli. The other mountains include the Parnon in the southeast, the Artemisio, the Sai ...

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Arcadia, Arcadia - Modern Arcadia, Arcadia - Persons, Arcadia - Climate, Arcadia - History, Arcadia - Transportation, Arcadia - Communications, Arcadia - Television, Arcadia - Provinces, Arcadia - Municipalities and communities

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Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli. It forms the largest prefecture on the Peloponnesian peninsula. It currently covers about 18% of the entire peninsula, although it once extended to about 20 to 25% of the peninsula. The prefecture has a skiing resort on Mount Maenalus, the Mainalon, located about 20 km NW of Tripoli. The other mountains include the Parnon in the southeast, the Artemisio, the Sai ...

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Arcadia, Arcadia - Modern Arcadia, Arcadia - Persons, Arcadia - Climate, Arcadia - History, Arcadia - Population, Arcadia - Transportation, Arcadia - Communications, Arcadia - Television, Arcadia - Provinces, Arcadia - Municipalities and communities

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2004 in baseball - July. July 5: Éric Gagné's consecutive saves streak ended at 84 in a 6-5 Los Angeles Dodgers victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the last team to keep him from converting a save. Gagné had not blown a save chance since David Dellucci hit a tying double on Aug. 26, 2002. Those are his only blown saves in 75 attempts at Dodger Stadium. During the streak, Gagné blew the lead in the 2003 All-Star game when he allowed a home run to the Texas Rangers' Hank Blalock, but that exhibition ...

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2004 in baseball, 2004 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 2004 in baseball - Postseason, 2004 in baseball - Other Champions, 2004 in baseball - Events, 2004 in baseball - January-April, 2004 in baseball - May-June, 2004 in baseball - July, 2004 in baseball - August, 2004 in baseball - September, 2004 in baseball - October-December, 2004 in baseball - Awards, 2004 in baseball - Books, 2004 in baseball - Movies, 2004 in baseball - Births, 2004 in baseball - Deaths

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Myloi has a school, a church, a post office, beaches, a port and a square (plateia) including the Kentriki Plateia, the Central Square. The village also has a spring in the area. Nea Kios also has hotels. The area in the south is surrounded by the Argolic Gulf and is the northernmost town in the gulf. Forests dominate the west and within the shores of the Argolic Gulf. The rest are farmlands and orange groves. Much of the area in the northeast are used for farming while forests surround the town and the coastline, the rocky landscape of the mountains lie to the west. The entire municipality is surr ...

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Nea Kios, Nea Kios - Nearest places, Nea Kios - Historical population

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Cedar Rapids was awarded a Midwest League franchise in 1962 that was originally called the Red Raiders (1962-1964). After that the team used the name of the major league franchise it affiliated with: the Cardinals (1965-1972), the Astros (1973-1974), the Giants (1975-1979), and the Reds (1980-1992). The team adopted the Kernels nickname after affiliating with the Angels before the 1993 season. It ...

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Cedar Rapids Kernels, Cedar Rapids Kernels - Franchise history, Cedar Rapids Kernels - Notable alumni, Cedar Rapids Kernels - External link

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Enron Corporation - Beginning. Insider trading, trading of a security based on material non-public information about a company, at Enron Corporation is not just a thing of the late 1990s or early 2000s. Enron has had trouble with insider trading dating back even to the 1980s. The first documented example of insider trading at Enron occurred in 1987. Two auditors, David Woytek and John Beard, discovered bank records showing that millions of dollars had been moved from Enron into the pe ...

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Enron Corporation, Enron Corporation - Growth, Enron Corporation - Products, Enron Corporation - EnronOnline, Enron Corporation - Decline, Enron Corporation - Insider Trading, Enron Corporation - Beginning, Enron Corporation - The Recent Insider Trading, Enron Corporation - Aftermath, Enron Corporation - Fallout, Enron Corporation - Pensions, Enron Corporation - Restructuring, Enron Corporation - Various, Enron Corporation - Bibliography

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Mora was signed out of Venezuela in 1991. After spending seven years in the Astros minors system, he signed as a free agent with the Mets in 1998 and made his major league debut in the 1999 season. With his superb athletic ability to to play all three outfield positions, shortstop, second base and third, Mora was a valuable man to have around. He was traded by the Mets to Baltimore in midseason 2000 with two minor league players and Mike Kinkade for shortstop Mike Bordick. A fantastic trade for the Orioles, who then re ...

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Melvin Mora, Melvin Mora - Career, Melvin Mora - World Baseball Classic, Melvin Mora - Highlights, Melvin Mora - Personal Trivia, Melvin Mora - Nick Name, Melvin Mora - Quote

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List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 222x0 - Euboea. 22210 - Chalkida City 22220 - Skyros 22230 - Chalkida 22240 22260 22270 22280 22290 List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 223x0 - Evrytania and Phthiotis. 22310 - Lamia 22320 22330 - AtalantaSee also:

List of dialing codes of Greece numerically, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 21: Greater Athens Metropolitan Area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 22: Central Greece and the Aegean, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 222x0 - Euboea, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 223x0 - Evrytania and Phthiotis, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 224x0 - Dodecanese, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 225x0 - Lesbos Limnos, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 226x0 - Boeotia eastern Phocis, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 227x0 - Chios Samos and Icaria islands, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 228x0 - Cyclades, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 229x0 - Attica excluding the area that uses 210, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 23: Macedonia excl. the eastern part, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2310 - Thessaloniki, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 232x0 - Serres prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 233x0 - Imathia prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 235x0 - Pieria, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 237x0 - Much of Chalkidiki, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 238x0 - Northwestern Macedonia including Pella and Florina, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 239x0 - parts of Chalkidiki, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 24: Thessaly, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2410 - Larissa area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 242x0 - Magnesia including the Northern Sporades, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 243x0 - Trikala prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 244x0 - Karditsa, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 246x0 - Western Macedonia excluding the Florina area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 249x0 - Larissa prefecture except for the Larissa area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 25: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2510 - Kavala area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 252x0 - Drama prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 253x0 - Rodhopi prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 254x0- Xanthi prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 255x0 - Evros Prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 259x0 - Kavala prefecture except for the Kavala area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 26: Western Greece northern Ionian and Epirus, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2610 - Patras and Area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 262x0 - Elis Prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 263x0 - Aetolia and western Phocis, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 264x0 - Acarnania Lefkada, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 265x0 - Ioannina Prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 266x0 - Corfu prefecture and Thesprotia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 267x0 - Kefalonia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 268x0 - Arta and Preveza, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 269x0 - Achaea except Patras and Zakynthos, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 27: The Peloponnese and Kythera, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2710 - Tripoli and area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 272x0 - southern and eastern part of Messenia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 273x0 - Laconia and Kythera, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 274x0 - Corinthia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 275x0 - western Arcadia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 276x0 - Messenia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 279x0 - Western Arcadia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 28: Crete, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2810 - Heraklion prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 282x0 - Chania prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 283x0 - Rethymno prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 284x0 - Lasithi

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Kolettis was born in Syrrako, Epirus and studied medicine in Pisa, Italy. He became influenced by the Carbonari movement and started planning his return to Epirus in order to participate to Greece's indepedence struggles. In 1813, he settled at Ioannina, where he served as a doctor and after gaining standing he was recruited as the personal doctor of Ali Pasa's son, Muctar Pasa. He remained in Ioannina till March of 1821, when he entered Filiki Eteria and left for Syrrako, together with chieftain Raggos, in order to spread the revolution into the Vlach villages, but his efforts quickly failed bec ...

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Ioannis Kolettis, Ioannis Kolettis - Early life, Ioannis Kolettis - Greek War of Independence, Ioannis Kolettis - Political career after 1821, Ioannis Kolettis - Political career under Otto of Greece's rule

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Hank Aaron - Minor leagues. On June 14, 1952 Aaron's contract was acquired by the Boston Braves for $10,000. He was the last Negro League player to make the jump to the major leagues. Aaron was assigned to the Braves' Class C farm club, the Eau Claire Bears, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where he played second base. He got two line drive singles in his first game and ended the season batting .326, and won the Northern League's Rookie of the Year. He earned $350 a month. In 1953, Aaron, along with Horace Garner and Fel ...

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Hank Aaron, Hank Aaron - Pre-professional career, Hank Aaron - Professional career, Hank Aaron - Minor leagues, Hank Aaron - Major leagues, Hank Aaron - Post-playing career, Hank Aaron - Records and achievements, Hank Aaron - Statistics, Hank Aaron - League leadership rankings, Hank Aaron - Trivia

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Hank Aaron - Minor Leagues. On June 14, 1952 Aaron's contract was acquired by the Boston Braves for $10,000. He was the last Negro League player to make the jump to the major leagues. Aaron was assigned to the Braves' Class C farm club, the Eau Claire Bears, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where he played second base. He got two line drive singles in his first game and ended the season batting .326, and won the Northern League's Rookie of the Year. He earned $350 a month. In 1953, Aaron, along with Horace Garner and Fel ...

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Hank Aaron, Hank Aaron - Pre-professional Career, Hank Aaron - Professional Career, Hank Aaron - Minor Leagues, Hank Aaron - Major Leagues, Hank Aaron - Post-Playing Career, Hank Aaron - Records and Achievements, Hank Aaron - Statistics, Hank Aaron - League Leadership Rankings, Hank Aaron - Trivia

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2002 in baseball - January-March. January 8 - Ozzie Smith is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Smith, named on 91.7 percent of the ballots, is the 37th player to be elected in his first year. February 11 - Major League Baseball owners approve the sales of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos. Florida owner John Henry is selling the Marlins to Jeffrey Loria for $158.5 million, while Loria is selling the Expos to ‘’Baseball Expos LP’’, a limit ...

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2002 in baseball, 2002 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 2002 in baseball - American League final standings, 2002 in baseball - National League final standings, 2002 in baseball - Postseason, 2002 in baseball - Events, 2002 in baseball - January-March, 2002 in baseball - April-June, 2002 in baseball - July, 2002 in baseball - August, 2002 in baseball - September, 2002 in baseball - October, 2002 in baseball - November-December, 2002 in baseball - Awards, 2002 in baseball - Books, 2002 in baseball - Movies, 2002 in baseball - Deaths, 2002 in baseball - January-March, 2002 in baseball - April-June, 2002 in baseball - July-September, 2002 in baseball - October-December

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Major League Baseball expanded to Houston in 1962 with the Houston Colt .45s, who were later renamed the Astros. Houston's unpredictable subtropical weather made outdoor baseball difficult for players and spectators alike. Several baseball franchises had toyed with the idea of building enclosed, air-conditioned stadiums. Houston mayor Roy Hofheinz claimed inspiration for what would eventually become the Astrodome when he was on a tour of Rome, where he learned that the builders of the ancient Colosseum installed giant velar ...

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Reliant Astrodome, Reliant Astrodome - History, Reliant Astrodome - Teams who played there, Reliant Astrodome - Scoreboard, Reliant Astrodome - Recent history, Reliant Astrodome - Hurricane Katrina

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