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The Big Number: 8 Random Baseball Facts

Sunday, May 26, 2013

With baseball season in full swing, test your knowledge with these tidbits:

  1. Each game has nearly 12.5 million possible plays.
  2. The odds of being hit by a baseball at a game? About 300,000 to 1.
  3. More than 100 stitches make up a regulation baseball.
  4. A single Ultra-Maxi Duty caster can hold about 121,300 baseballs.
  5. A major league baseball lasts only 5-7 pitches on average.
  6. Back in the 1800s, umpires sat in padded chairs behind home plate.
  7. Major U.S. baseball fields use Hamilton trailers to move cold beer, hot dogs and other concessions.
  8. Only two days in a year have no professional sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, etc.) – the days before and after the MLB All-Star Game.

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