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The Weirdest Baseball Injuries

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John Smoltz burned his chest while ironing a shirt that he was wearing.

Wade Boggs hurt his back when he lost his balance while trying to put on cowboy boots.

Odiebe McDowell cut his finger buttering a roll at the Texas Ranger’s welcome home luncheon.

Ricky Bones hurt his lower back getting out of a chair while watching TV in the clubhouse.

Rick Honeycutt injured his wrist while flicking sunflower seeds in the dugout.

Chris Brown injured his eye by sleeping on his eye wrong.

Phil Niekro injured his hand shaking hands too hard.

Nolan Ryan was bitten by a coyote.

Charlie Hough broke his pinky finger while shaking hands.

Mickey Tettleton went on the DL with a severe case of athlete’s foot - caused by tying his shoes too tight.

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Baseball Fun Facts - Scoring

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Did you know that the first known / discovered scorecard appeared in 1845 for the Knickerbocker Ball Club?

WW was actually written on the official score card that described Phil Rizzuto on a play where he “wasn’t watching.”

President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally scored each and every game he attended while in office.

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Test Your Baseball Knowledge

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1. Match the player with his jersey number

1. Reggie Jackson
2. Ernie Banks
3. Tom Seaver
4. Babe Ruth
5. Yogi Berra

(a) 41 (b) 1 (c) 8 (d) 44 (e) 3

2. Who holds the record for the most seasons played on the same team?

a. George Brett (Kansas City Royals)
b. Stan Musial (St. Louis Cardinals)
c. Brooks Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
d. Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees)
e. Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs)

3. Rank each player according to their highest number of home runs in a season:

a. Hank Aaron
b. Willie Mays
c. Jimmie Foxx
d. Roger Maris
e. Babe Ruth

4. Who has hit the most home runs in opening day games?

a. Lou Gehrig
b. Stan Musial
c. George Brett
d. Frank Robinson
e. Willie Stargell

5. Who is the only batter to win a batting title in three different decades?

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Test Your Baseball Trivia IQ

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Q: Who holds the American League Record for the most home runs in a month?
A: Rudy York hit 18 home runs in August of 1937 with the Detroit Tigers, an American League record that stands to this day. His 18 home runs in August was over half of his total of 35 home runs for 1937. Rudy’s accomplishment was the Major League record until June of 1998 when Sammy Sosa hit 20 home runs.

Q: Who was the opposing team when Jackie Robinson played his first major league game?
A: Jackie Robinson played his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers opponent on that day was the Boston Braves. Brooklyn won the game 5-3. Robinson went 0 for 4 in his first game.

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Hard to Believe…But True!

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In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, “They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.” On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run.

ONLY TWO PENNANT-WINNING TEAMS since 1900 in the American or National League led their league in errors and one even won the World Series that season despite the shoddy defense.

The 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates committed 224 errors but still beat out the New York Giants by eight and one-half games for the pennant. In the World Series, the Bucs defeated Hall of Famer Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators, four games to three, and committed two less errors than the American League champions.

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job (in case their pants split).

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So, You Think You Know Baseball, hmmm?

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In April of 1961 Roger Maris hit only one home run, but had 50 before September 1st. The only player to reach that mark before September until Sosa and McGwire did it in ‘98. Maris had no stolen bases that year.
Ted Williams won the AL batting titles when he was 39 and again at 40. The last At Bat of Ted’s career was a homerun on the last day of the 1960 season.

Did you know that the average baseball only lasts about 8 days?… and that it can only be used once in a Major League Baseball game?

The first “Babe” in baseball was Babe Adams who pitched from 1906 to 1926.

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