1.\tIf a batter fails two-thirds of the time, they’re still considered an excellent batter. It’s too bad this standard isn’t applied to everything else in life. <\/p>\n
2.\tIt is legal to “steal” in this game. This is, perhaps, a questionable example for children. <\/p>\n
3.\tIf you aren’t such a good hitter, you can have a pinch hitter bat for you. If you aren’t such a fast runner, you can have someone–a pinch runner–come in and run for you. At what point, you might wonder, is a team entirely comprised of “pinch” players?<\/p>\n
4.\tThere’s a rule preventing pitchers from spitting on the ball. They can spit anywhere else they like, apparently. <\/p>\n
5.\tIf a batter walks with the bases loaded, he is credited with an RBI (Run Batted In). That’s right: even though he didn’t hit the ball. <\/p>\n
6.\tThe game is played on dirt and grass, but if the ball gets dirty, it is replaced with a new clean ball. <\/p>\n
7.\tIf a batter accidentally hits the catcher when swinging, it’s the catcher’s fault, even if the catcher gets injured. The batter is awarded a base. The catcher gets an apology, if he’s lucky. <\/p>\n
8.\tThe coaches and managers wear the same uniforms as the players. <\/p>\n
9.\tWhen a pitcher walks a batter, the batter jogs to first base. Incongruous, but it is a nice show of effort. <\/p>\n
10. The 7th-inning stretch makes baseball the only sport where spectators must take part in calisthenics.<\/p>\n
I then decided to hunt around and see if I could find the origin of the list. The website, Baseball Almanac<\/a>, attributes it to the old Microsoft Encyclopedia Encarta<\/em> from 2000: Baseball is my favorite sport. I played baseball from gradeschool through high school and I was pretty good at it. I played right field, left field, second base (a lot) and one season I pitched (only because everyone else on … Continue reading
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