8 Fun Facts About Baseball

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1. The first professional team in 1869 was called the Cincinnati Red Stockings

2. At one point, balls that went through the fence in the outfield or bounced over it were home runs. Today, it is a ground-rule double

3. Nolan Ryan holds the world record for the most strikeouts

4. Cal Ripken Jr. is called the Iron Man because he played in 2632 consecutive games

5. Offical MLB balls have 108 stitches

6. The longest game was 25 innings and it lasted 8 hours and 6 minutes

7. The average baseball in an MLB game is used on 6 pitches

8. There were 8 teams in the original American League. The National League also had 8 teams

Source: https://www.ducksters.com/sports/major_league_baseball.php

20 Comments
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Level 51
Dec 17, 2020
I don't play baseball but seeing these facts make it sound so cool
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Level 32
Dec 17, 2020
Thanks
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Level 51
Dec 17, 2020
no problem
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Level 51
Dec 17, 2020
on my computer it says I can only submit 15 quizzes per day now :c
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Level 32
Dec 17, 2020
Why?
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Level 55
Dec 17, 2020
I wonder how many people watched all 8 hours of that game
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Level 43
Dec 17, 2020
#BaseballIsTheMostDifficultSportOfTheWorld
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Level 78
Dec 17, 2020
Have you ever seen Cricket ?
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Level 43
Dec 17, 2020
No, but at first saw, it’s easy
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Level 58
Dec 18, 2020
Cricket is similar to baseball so if you know how to play cricket, baseball shouldn't be too difficult.
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Level 58
Dec 17, 2020
I once read this book where a bunch of aliens who were thousands of times smarter than humans came to Earth because there was one thing that they could not simply understand; baseball. And even when the humans taught them how to play baseball, they could still not understand, despite the aliens having created time machines and out-of-the-world technology.
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Level 55
Dec 17, 2020
High jumping is the most difficult
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Level 43
Dec 17, 2020
ARE YOU SAYING THAT I’M AN ALIEN!? 👽
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Level 43
Dec 17, 2020
Lol
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Level 43
Dec 17, 2020
And yes, it is. How can they do that!? Just a juggler to do this 🤹‍♂️
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Level 55
Dec 17, 2020
Baseball is pretty simple actually, and it's not that hard to play. The most difficult thing about it is wearing black pants in 100 degrees
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Level 32
Dec 17, 2020
Baseball players wear white pants
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Level 55
Dec 17, 2020
Actually now that you say that, I think I had gray pants. But they’re still pants! In 100 degrees! Our jerseys were black tho
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Level 32
Dec 17, 2020
Oh ok
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Level 43
Dec 17, 2020
Hmm