Mlb is such an amazing game. I love it so much. Here are a few of the reasons why. first of all, being at a baseball game and rooting for your home team gives you a rush of excitement that you cant get anywhere else. baseball is full of action-packed moments and suspenseful innings. Not to mention the intense double-plays and strikeouts. While you might not like the game as much as i do, you should at least read the following facts.
- second base is the number one stolen base
2.the unofficial anthem of American baseball is "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" - the writers of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" had never been to a baseball game
- no woman has ever played in a mlb baseball game
- the average number of pitches before a baseball gets traded out is 5-7
- they use about 70 baseballs each game
7.baseball initially started in the U.S. - baseball has spread to over 100 countries
9.the Boston Americans won the first World Series in 1903 - in 2014, MLB saw about $9 billion in gross revenue
- the New York Yankees have the most World Series titles (27)
- in 2008, Dr. Peters found that sliding head first into a base is faster than feet first (on average)
- the Yankees were the first beaseball team to wear numbers on their jersey backs
- in the 1920's their numbers were originally based off of the players' batting order
- Fenway Park is the oldest baseball park (Boston Red Socks; 1912)
fact credit to: https://www.factretriever.com/baseball-facts