Only one major league ballplayer has been fatally injured during a game. Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was killed...

Instead of crouching, catchers stood a few feet behind home until the early 1900s

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Ground rule doubles were counted as home runs until 1930

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The term "can of corn" (an easy-to-catch fly ball) relates to an old-time grocer's method of getting canned goods down from a high shelf by catching them in their aprons

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Only one major league ballplayer has been fatally injured during a game. Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was killed when struck in the head by a pitch on August 16, 1920

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To keep cool during games, Babe Ruth placed chilled cabbage leaves in the underside of his cap

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During World War II, the U.S. military designed hand grenades to the shape and size of a baseball because "any young American man should be able to properly throw it"

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To help enhance grip, every baseball used in a major league game is rubbed with a particular kind of mud only found at a secret location in New Jersey

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