Alright, let me tell you about my little baseball fun facts adventure. So, I was sitting around bored, right? And I thought, “Hey, baseball’s cool, let’s find some weird facts.” That’s how it always starts, doesn’t it?
First thing I did, I jumped online. Just googled “fun facts for baseball.” A bunch of sites popped up. Some were okay, mostly the same old stuff. You know, Babe Ruth was awesome, Ty Cobb was a jerk, blah blah blah.
I really wanted to find the deep cuts. So, I started digging. Clicked on a site that looked kinda old and janky. Bingo! That’s where the good stuff was hidden. Things like:
- The shortest MLB player ever was Eddie Gaedel, who was 3’7″. Imagine that guy trying to hit a home run!
- The longest baseball game ever played was 25 innings between the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers (as the Seattle Pilots) in 1984.
- A baseball is officially 5 ounces and has 108 stitches. Who actually sits and counts those stitches I wonder?
Then, because I’m me, I thought, “I can do better.” So, I started scouring baseball history books I had lying around, old articles, you name it. I wanted to unearth stuff nobody talks about.
And I found some gold! Like:
- Back in the early days, umpires used to sit in rocking chairs behind home plate! Can you imagine Angel Hernandez in a rocking chair?
- One time, a player named Morganna Roberts, ran onto the field and kissed multiple players.
After I had a good list going, I decided to test them out. Cornered my buddy, who’s a huge baseball fan, and started firing these facts at him. He only knew, like, two of them. Victory!
Realized I had enough material for a solid little blog post. Wrote it up, added a few pictures I found online, and hit “publish.” Nothing fancy, just a fun little rundown of weird baseball trivia.
And that’s it! That’s how I spent an afternoon diving deep into baseball history. Sometimes the most fun comes from just following your curiosity down a rabbit hole. You never know what crazy stuff you’ll find!
