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BASEBALL FUN
Baseball Fun Facts
--The first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.
--The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles, which is more than any other team.
--Former Yankees right fielder Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career home runs (18) and RBI (40) in World Series history.
--Baseball stars from the National League and the American League played the first All-Star Game in 1933. The National League has won 40 of the 73 games. The game ended in a tie twice. In 1961 rain in Boston prevented extra innings and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. And in 2002, the game went 11 innings with the score knotted at seven before it was finally called off due to a lack of pitchers.
--Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. didn't miss a game in 16 years. He played in 2,632 consecutive games from April 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998.
--Pete Rose, who played for the Cincinnati Reds and then was banned from baseball for life for betting on games while managing the team, holds the all-time record for hits (4,256) and games played (3,562).
--In 2001, San Francisco's Barry Bonds broke the all-time single-season home run record when he hit 73. He broke the mark of 70, set by St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire in 1998.
--Fourteen players have hit four home runs in one game: Bobby Lowe, Ed Delahanty, Lou Gehrig, Chuck Klein, Pat Seerey, Gil Hodges, Joe Adcock, Rocky Colavito, Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Bob Horner, Mark Whiten, Mike Cameron and Shawn Green.
Pitcher Nolan Ryan played 27 seasons in major league baseball and struck out more batters in his career than any other pitcher.
--San Francisco's Barry Bonds has won the National League MVP Award seven times. That's four more times than Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, and Mike Schmidt, his closest NL co-winners. On the American League MVP list are Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, and Mickey Mantle with three awards each.
--Philadelphia A's (now the Oakland Athletics) manager Connie Mack has 3,755 career victories, more than any other manager in history.
--The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is located in Cooperstown, N.Y. It was created in 1935 to celebrate baseball's 100th anniversary.
DID YOU KNOW???
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Stars Game.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
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Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap while playing baseball, and he used to change it every 2 innings.
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The longest baseball game in major league history was on May 1, 1920 between The Boston Braves and The Brooklyn Robins. The game lasted 8 hours and 22 minutes, went 26 innings, and was finally called a draw with a score of 1-1.
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Nolan Ryan was the first major league baseball player to sign for a salary of $1 Million as a free agent when he signed with the Astros in 1979.
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First Night World Series Game - 1971: Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in Series history. Pittsburgh tied the series in that game with a 4-3 win and went on to win the series, 4 games to 3. This was one of the last big moments in the career of well-loved Pirate, Roberto Clemente. Fourteen and a half months after the 1971 World Series, he died in a plane crash off the coast of his native Puerto Rico as he attempted to take food, clothing and medical supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
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The First Baseball Stadium in the U.S. In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened. PNC Park is the newest replacement which opened in the Spring of 2001.
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Who invented baseball?
Answer:
Baseball doesn't have one single inventor, and if someone tells you that a man named Abner Doubleday invented baseball, feel free to tell them that they are full of horsefeathers! People have been hitting balls with sticks and running between bases for hundreds of years. The game we now know as baseball is a mix of very old games called "base" or "rounders." The basic rules of modern baseball were made official in 1845 by several amateur teams playing in New York.
What is the sweet spot of a baseball bat?
Answer:
When the bat hits a ball, the bat vibrates. The vibrations travel in waves up and down the bat. At one point on the bat, the waves cancel each other out -- that point is the sweet spot. This spot doesn't lose much energy to vibrations, so the energy goes to the ball and sends it farther. You can find the sweet spot by holding a bat loosely and having a friend tap it with a hammer.
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Monday, May 1
FUNDRAISER RESULTS
TIGERS $1089
PADRES $1084
RED SOX $ 995
REDS $ 725
RANGERS $ 659
DODGERS $ 608
BRAVES $ 534
CUBS $ 513
INDIANS $ 426
TWINS $ 392
YANKEES $ 366
ANGELS $ 307
MARLINS $ 303
A'S $ 191
CARDINALS $ 135
PHILLIES $ 120
WHITE SOX $ 97
DIAMONDBACKS $ 88
The top 2 selling teams will receive a Pizza Party at Pizza Hut. Thanks for your support!!!
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