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60th Anniversary, a time to reflect on the life of Baseball Digest. (Warm Up Tosses).(Editorial)

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| August 01, 2002 | Kuenster, John | COPYRIGHT 2002 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WITH THIS ISSUE, BASEBALL DIGEST MARKS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS existence, having been first published in August 1942 when major league games were confined to the eastern and midwestern regions of the country.

Teams traveled by train then. Their schedules consisted of 154 games, and when the regular season ended, winners in each league didn't have to face a double tier of playoffs before battling for top honors in the World Series.

Many of our readers had yet to make their debut in this imperfect, often maddening world of ours when that first issue hit the newsstands for the sumptuous price of 15 cents.

Our readership today, however, ...

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