Before 1922, baseball fans were expected to return foul/home run balls to the team. Then an 11 year old refused and the boy spent a night in jail until the judge said, “Such an act on the part of a boy is merely proof that he is following his most natural impulses.”
Thanks, kid.
Every time an MLB game plays "Day-O" over the speakers, Harry Belafonte's estate gets $1.47. The following descending "Daaay-O" bumps it to $3.62, which is why most ball parks skip the second part.
I know there’s a lot going on in the world but at least once a day, we should be thinking about how the valet who borrows Ferris Bueller’s car was also the original drummer in Sonic Youth.
William "Buck" Showalter, current manager of the Mets, got his nickname "Buck" because he like to walk around buck naked.
Also, according to his wife, Walter is what he named his dingaling, in which a naked "Buck, Show Walter" makes complete sense.
If every person in the world (about 8 billion) faced off in a one-on-one basketball tournament, it would only take the champion 33 games to win the title of greatest in the world! #TheMoreYouKnow
The Red Sox are in their second consecutive series against a team that plays in a stadium named after a juice box and employs cheerleaders during games. This is why you follow me.
In 2007, farmers in Florida placed mats made of human hair at the base of coconut trees. Beetles got tangled in the hair, saving $45,000 on pesticides on about 1 million plants.