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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball Tom Cruise had to learn baseball for a few good men, as Jack Nicholson thought beach volleyball was too homoerotic for the marine corps

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball The game was invented as a marketing tool to sell hot dogs.

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When a player's number is retired, it can never again be used for any purpose.

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The Infield Fly Rule dates back to when the game was played in cattle yards

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The Cubs were actually formed in Havana and brought to Chicago by Barack Obama and renamed to sound a wee bit like their homeland.βšΎπŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ί

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball its just fooking Rounders innit ?

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball Abner Doubleday's real name was Abnerper Doopledoy

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball the Detroit Tigers have to pay people to attend their games

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The rest of the world calls it "Speed Cricket"
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Before there were umpires, there were vampires πŸ‘€

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball British people only know two baseball players, Babe Ruth and Montgomery Brewster

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A good batter should be thoroughly stirred...

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball Jack Nicholson first job after college was commentating on baseball games.

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Outfielders don't wanna lose your love tonight

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball the invitations for the World Series competition are sent out in creole. Which is why only American teams enter.

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The Milwaukee Brewers came about when Laverne and Shirley won the lottery and formed the team. πŸ“ΊπŸ’°βšΎπŸ»

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball its one of the most athletic sports coming in just above Mini golf and below ping pong

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The 7th Inning Stretch used to be after the 3rd inning until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar

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The cricket term Howzat comes from the name of baseball hall of famer Jesse Howzat Jr.

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball the kiss cam has caused more divorces than any other stadium feature other than dot racing

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Before the modern era, home plate used to be decorated

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball the mdoern version is pale version of a game invented when Visigoths and Mongols met. Fun additional fact: the first Umpires were Roman Legionaires

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#FakeFactsAboutBaseball it's even more interesting without beer and hotdogs

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"Take Me Out To The Ball Game", was originally a song about orgies, during the promiscuous Victorian Era.
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A kid by the name of Bruce Wayne was appointed to collect the tossed bats at Dodger Stadium. However he never took up the post because the security team thought he was pranking them.

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Baseball was played in ancient Egypt, and then rediscovered by Egyptologist Abner Doubleday excavating the tomb of Pharaoh Strikehotep, in 1839.
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Don't worry. The seagull is okay.

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Cartoon of Babe Ruth at home plate swinging his bat.

Cartoon of Babe Ruth at home plate swinging his bat.

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The 7th inning stretch was originally implemented as one of the negotiating demands made by Babe Ruth who at the time had really been getting into yoga and firmly believed that a mid-game downward dog would greatly improve his swing.

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#fakefactsaboutbaseball Sacrifice is real

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The first game of baseball was played in a minefield. ⚾πŸ’₯

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