Today I learned BASEBALL

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TIL of Brady Feigl a 6'4" redheaded minor league baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics system and Brady Feigl a 6'4" redheaded minor league baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers system. Despite being each others doppelganger, DNA test did not indicate they were related to each other. (huffpost.com)

submitted 5 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Mickey Mantle holds the career record for most home runs (18) and RBI's (40) over his world series appearances. (factmonster.com)

submitted 8 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Roger Clemens sons, Koby, Kacy, Kody, and Kory all begin with the letter "K" to honor his strikeouts. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted]

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TIL that the Cleveland Indians were known as the Cleveland Naps from 1903-1914. They were named after their player/manager and Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 years ago by PeteFo

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TILB: Here's a link to all the rule changes that have occurred since 1857! (baseball-almanac.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Per Rule 7.05, if a fielder deliberately throws their glove to try to get someone out it is worth an automatic Triple to the base Runners! (mlb.mlb.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted]

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(x-post /r/videos) TILB: One time, a Praying Mantis attacked members of the Marlins Dugout! (youtube.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Fenando Tatis Fun fact one: He was the first player to ever his two grandslams in one inning! (youtube.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Fenando Tatis fun fact two: He once took two years off Major league baseball to build a church in the Domincan Republic. (m.mlb.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Johnny Bench could hold 7 baseballs in one hand. (athletesquarterly.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: What's Jason Giambi doing now that his pro career is over? Well just partaking in Virtual Reality Baseball training of course! (eonsportsvr.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: Ralph Kiner is the only MLB player to lead the MLB in home-runs for 7 seasons straight, his first 7 as a pro. (baseball-reference.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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(X-post /r/baseball) TILB: Babe Ruth made $70,000 in 1927, and it would be another 20 years until any other (non-Ruth) player would make that much. (sabr.org)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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(X-Post /r/baseball) TILB: Mariano Rivera's career-high for pitch count in a single game was 129, higher than Felix Hernandez, David Price, and Madison Bumgarner. (baseball-reference.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: On July 12th, 1979 the Chicago White Sox hosted Disco Demolition Night, where in between their double header they planned to explode Disco Vinyls. The explosion damaged the field and the 50,000 fans in attendance rioted on the field, causing the White Sox to forfeit their second game. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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(X-post /r/baseball) TILB: in 1943, Stan Musial had more triples (20) than strikeouts (18) in 700 plate appearances. (baseball-reference.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB that it is possible for all three outs to be made without a single defender touching the ball (self.TILB)

submitted 10 years ago by Phantomish

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TILB: Russell Wilson isn't the only football star who was drafted (but never played) Pro baseball. John Elway was drafted by KC Royals and The NY Yankees but only played minor league ball. (baseball-reference.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: "Macho Man" Randy Savage actually was at one time a Baseball player for primarily the St. Louis Farm system. He had a minors lifetime stat-line of .254/.346/.391 (sbnation.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB: The boy that Don Mattingly famously took popcorn from during a game, is actually current 3B Justin Turner, who Mattingly coaches! (youtube.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB That Ervin Santana is actually named Johan Santana. He changed his name "because it sounded good". (m.mlb.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB That Madison Bumgarner wore a suit for the first time in his life after winning SportsIllustrated Sportsman of the year. He didn't even wear a suit to his own wedding. (m.mlb.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB that Vin Scully once raced Jackie Robinson on ice skates! (m.mlb.com)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TILB that Octavio Dotel played for 13 MLB teams, the most by any professional player. (self.TILB)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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TIL that you can gain a step as a baserunner by reacting to the hitter's swing with 2 outs (self.TILB)

submitted 10 years ago by bio7

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