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 Major League Baseball generated over $9 billion in gross income in 2014, an increase from $8 billion in 2013.[([[https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2014/12/10/major-league-baseball-sees-record-9-billion-in-revenues-for-2014/|forbes]])]
+===== New York Yankees =====
+The New York Yankees, with 27 titles, are the baseball club with the most World Series victories.[([[https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-with-the-most-world-series-titles-c299893938|mlb]])]
+===== First Use Of Baseball =====
+A Little Pretty Pocket-Book by children's book publisher John Newberry has the earliest recorded use of the word "baseball".[([[https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/john-newbery-publishes-a-little-pretty-pocket-book-and-with-it-our-first-glimpse-of-the-game-of-119f0431dd76|mlblogs]])]
+===== Can Of Corn =====
+An easy fly ball is a "can of corn." The phrase originated when former grocery store employees would use their aprons to retrieve cans that were dropped from a high shelf.[([[https://www.reddit.com/r/Braves/comments/bb8o2j/weve_all_heard_the_phrase_can_of_corn_but_do_you/|reddit]])]
+===== Craig Biggio =====
+The Houston Astros' Craig Biggio (1965–) holds the record (285) for being hit by a pitch the most frequently.[([[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=biggicr01|baseball-almanac]])]
+===== Sliding Headfirst =====
+Dr. David A. Peters discovered in 2008 that a head-first slide into a base is quicker than a feet-first slide.[([[https://www.wired.com/2008/09/science-stumped/|wired]])]
+===== Baseball Gloves =====
+More than any other element of the sport's equipment, baseball gloves have undergone development.[([[https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/tigers/documents/fans/kids/sunday/0809/fact.pdf|mlbstatic]])]
+===== Oldest Stadium =====
+The Boston Red Sox's home field, Fenway Facility, was opened in 1912, is the oldest baseball park currently in operation.[([[https://langleyrams.com/oldest-baseball-stadium/|langleyrams]])]
+===== Numbers On The Back =====
+In the 1920s, the New York Yankees were the first baseball team to have numbers on their backs. At first, they were assigned numbers according to the batting order. Babe Ruth was number 3 because he usually batted third.[([[https://www.sutori.com/en/story/american-baseball-in-the-1920s--wVrsRG2fF4DeQLbmPttwbk7w|sutori]])]
+===== Color Line =====
+Major league baseball teams prohibited African-Americans from attending their games throughout the first half of the 20th century. However, African Americans established "Negro Leagues," which included some of the century's finest players.[([[https://www.loc.gov/collections/jackie-robinson-baseball/articles-and-essays/baseball-the-color-line-and-jackie-robinson/1940-to-1946/|loc]])]
+===== Longest Home Run =====
+Mickey Mantle of the Yankees owns the record for the longest home run in history thanks to a 565-foot blast hit at the former Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC, on April 17, 1953. He was hitting right-handed against left-handed pitcher Chuck Stobbs of the Washington Senators since he was a switch-hitter.[([[https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/mantle-hits-565-foot-home-run|baseballhall]])]
+===== Fresh Baseball In Mud =====
+Before every game, an umpire is required to touch the fresh baseballs with mud from a creek in Burlington County, New Jersey, to take the shine off of them.[([[https://baseballhall.org/discover/lena-blackburne-rubbing-mud-a-secret-of-the-game|baseballhall]])]

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