Begin with the Introduction and the origins of baseball, then move on through the other topics in chronological order. If you're interested in knowing more about individual players, try visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame . Click the Hall of Famers and Honorees link and go to the Biographies list. Here they are, the greatest of the great, listed in alphabetical order. Click the name of a player to read a short biography of each.
Players are the heart of the game, but some great moments in baseball transcend individuals.
Go to Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments by NBC Sports to read about the moments in the game's history that we love to remember. Your homework assignment is to watch the world series. AND read about each game in the following day's issue of The Daily News . Choose a star hitter from either team and keep track of his stats throughout the series.