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

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

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

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

Jim Abbot, a left-handed pitcher who was born without a right hand, threw a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993

Major League Baseball umpires are required to wear black underwear in case their pants split during a game