The Sports E-Cyclopedia (Est. 2001)-The Ultimate Sports Resource

"Welcome to the Sports E-cyclopedia, your one-stop source on the net for your complete sports history needs. Within these pages you'll find everything you'll ever need to know about every team's history in the 4 major sports of MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL, including a history through pictures. These pages will be updated periodically through the season and annually prior to each new season. If you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions, please feel free to email Frank Fleming. We love hearing what you think and will take all suggestions into consideration.
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1939: Just a few weeks after learning he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig is honored by the New York Yankees, who retire his uniform #4. Despite his grim diagnosis, Gehrig declared himself "The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth." Gehrig had played in a record 2130 straight games, until asking out of the lineup on June 2nd.

Manny's Back
The one man circus known as Manny Ramirez returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup Friday after serving a 50-game suspension for using a banded substance. Ramirez's ban was based on evidence he used human chorionic gonadotropin, a fertility drug that's banned by baseball. HCG is popular among steroid users because it can mitigate the side effects of ending a cycle of the drugs. During Ramirez's suspension, the Dodgers showed no ill effect as they posted a 29-21 record, and still hold the best record in baseball going into play Friday. In his return, Manny Ramirez was 0-for-3 with a walk as he got a mixed reaction at Petco Park in San Diego, with many Dodger fans making the trip south to give him cheers. Meanwhile the Dodgers used a five run first inning to propel themselves to a 6-3 win over the Padres, improving their record to 51-29.

MLB Updates:
With Spring Training Games under way, it is time to look back at the 2008 season in Major League Baseball. Over the next month and into the start of April, we will be updating every team in the Majors, adding pictures of the big off season acquisitions, and doing the season summaries for each team and ever team.
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