The results have been bidding wars and stars who are paid millions of dollars each year. Disputes between the players' union and the owners have at times halted baseball for many months at a time. If baseball is both a sport and a business, late in the 20th century many disgruntled fans view the business side as the dominant one. Baseball became popular in Japan after American soldiers introduced it during the occupation following World War II. In the 1990s a Japanese player, Hideo Nomo, became a star pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Baseball is also widely played in Cuba and other Caribbean nations. In the 1996 Olympics, it was a measure of baseball's appeal outside the USA that the contest for the gold medal came down to Japan and Cuba (Cuba won).

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The Giants got some terrific news about Barry Bonds' left elbow last Sunday: An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan has shown nothing more than inflammation, and he reported to work feeling a lot better.

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A rules change that further limits the performance of metal bats was adopted by the NCAA and is now in effect.

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