From AskMen.com, five obscure facts (well, perhaps for those who visit such Web sites, rather than read about the game):
- Early MLB teams were not distinguished by their jerseys
- Jackie Robinson was not the MLB’s first black player
- The MLB has a long tradition of cheating
- The MLB’s rules used to allow one side of the bat to be flat
- Some of the MBL’s biggest names were “banned for life”
{ 1 comment }
Another interesting fact – until the 1950s, players used to leave their gloves in the field, and would simply pick them up after their turn at bat.
Comments on this entry are closed.