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'''Yahoo Music Engine''' is a free music player released by [[Yahoo]] in [[2005]]. The features are currently complete, although the player is still considered to be in the [[Development stage|Beta stage]] due to minor, miscellaneous glitches. Its appearance is somewhat similar to the ''[[MusicMatch Jukebox]]''. This may be related to the fact that MusicMatch, which developed the Jukebox, was purchased by Yahoo in 2004.

'''Moses Fleetwood Walker''' ([[October 7]], [[1856]] in [[Mount Pleasant, Ohio]] - [[May 11]], [[1924]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]), known as '''"Fleet" Walker''', was one of the first [[African-American]] [[major league baseball]] players.

Its features include CD [[ripping]] and [[CD/DVD authoring|burning]], access to [[Launcast]] and [[Yahoo Unlimited]], playlist creation, transfer of music to portable devices such as [[digital audio player|mp3 players]] and [[USB flash drive]]s. Also the program allows [[Yahoo Messenger]] users to [[streaming media|stream]] music to one another (not to be confused with [[uploading and downloading]] or [[filesharing]]) and browse one another's playlists. Only those subscribed to Yahoo Ultimate are entitled to entire songs, however. Non-subscribers are limited to a thirty second sample.

Born in [[Mount Pleasant, Ohio]], Walker was the son of a doctor. He enrolled in [[Oberlin College]] in [[1878]] and played on the college's first varsity baseball team. He then attended [[University of Michigan]] law school in [[1881]], playing for their baseball team as well.

One can rip songs in a variety of formats including [[WAV|.wav]], [[MP3|.mp3]], and [[WMV|.wmv]]. Interestingly, one cannot rip songs in the [[WMA|.wma]] format, despite the fact that songs purchased from Yahoo are encoded using that format.

In [[1883]] he signed with the [[Toledo Blue Stockings]], an amateur [[Northwestern League]] team, as a catcher. Toledo joined the professional [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] in [[1884]]. Walker made his major league debut on [[May 1]], [[1884]] versus the [[Louisville Colonels|Louisville Eclipse]]. Fleet's brother [[Welday Walker]] also played 5 games for Toledo that year.

The Engine also has a great deal of [[plugin]]s, which reside on the program's official website below.

Walker has been historically credited as the first [[African-american]] [[major league baseball]] player. Recent research by the [[Society for American Baseball Research]] indicates [[William Edward White]], who played one game for the [[Providence Grays]] in [[1879]], may have been the first.

==External links==

[[Category:1856 births|Walker, Fleet]]

*[http://music.yahoo.com/musicengine Yahoo! Music Engine Official Site]

[[Category:1924 deaths|Walker, Fleet]]

*[http://plugins.yme.music.yahoo.com Yahoo! Music Engine Plug-ings]

[[Category:Baseball players|Walker, Fleet]]

[[Category:African Americans|Walker, Fleet]]

[[Category:BaseballWindows players|Walker,media Fleetplayers]]