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Fun Fact Friday: Sports

Istiqlál ( Independence), 8 Kalimát (Words) 175 B.E. - Friday, July 20, 2018

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The Fun Fact Friday prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 
Ah, baseball, the all American game. Although most people have no appreciation for the sport, others really, really dig it! Here are some cool baseball facts that even the most die-hard fan may not know!

Cabbage leaf

Babe Ruth kept cool during games by wearing a wet cabbage leaf under his cap. He “turned over a new leaf” every two innings.

World Series and Super Bowl

Deion “Neon” Sanders is the only person to play in the World Series and the Super Bowl. He is also the only individual to score a touchdown in the NFL and hit an MLB home run in the same week.

Black underwear

MLB umpires are required to wear black underwear in case their pants split.

Three World Series, three teams

Don Baylor played in three World Series, but for three different teams. He played for the Boston Red Sox in 1986, the Minnesota Twins in 1987 and the Oakland Athletics in 1988.

Robert Redford

Redford attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship. Redford later made the classic baseball film The Natural.

Tallest player

The Minnesota Twins’ Jon Rauch, at 6’ 11,” is major league baseball’s tallest ever player.

Man on the moon

San Francisco Giants’ manager Alvin Dark told reporters that pitcher Gaylord Perry’s hitting ability was so poor that “they’ll put a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.” Perry’s initial home run came on July 20, 1969 — 20 minutes after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon.

I am not a sports fan. The only baseball or football games I've watched have been part of movie plots, and they normally don't show the entire game. I watched youth Soccer practice when we (De and myself) took two of the neighbor's children to the park earlier this year. I will go to any sports game, but someone else has to pay my way.

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