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 The San Francisco Giants, who have 24 Hall of Famers, are the team with the most players in the Hall of Fame.[([[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/hof.shtml|baseball-reference]])]
+===== Jacobs Field Sold Out =====
+For 455 consecutive baseball games between 1995 and 2001, every seat in Jacobs Field was sold out each night. In recognition of their supporters, the Cleveland Indians retired the number 455.[([[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/29632-open-mic-cleveland-indians-455-straight-sellouts-will-always-be-remembered|baseball-bleacherreport]])]
+===== Last Ballpark To Install Lights =====
+In 1988, Chicago's Wrigley Field became the final major league baseball stadium to have lights installed. The Cubs played all of their home games during the day since they lacked lighting up to that point.[([[https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/wrigley-field-lights-night-games|mlb]])]
+===== Hot Dogs And Sausages =====
+The most popular food item at ballparks is hot dogs. During the 2014 major league season, baseball fans consumed 5,508,887 sausages and 21,357,316 hot dogs. That many hot dogs would span from Wrigley Field in Chicago to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.[([[https://www.cafemeetingplace.com/features/item/1012-hot-dogs-cut-the-mustard-with-mlb-fans|cafemeetingplace]])]
+===== Jimmy Pearsall =====
+Jimmy Piersall, a player with the Boston Red Sox, ran the bases backwards to commemorate hitting his 100th home run. He was an eccentric athlete whose struggle with bipolar disease served as the basis for the book and film Fear Strikes Out.[([[https://sites.google.com/site/mrmoorespsychology/readings/the-jimmy-piersall-story|mrmoorespsychology]])]
+===== Gayle Gardner =====
+Gayle Gardner of NBC became the first female broadcaster of Major League Baseball games for a television network in 1989.[([[https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/americas-national-pastime-remembering-the-role-women|heritage]])]
+===== Lou Gehrig =====
+The legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig declared in his farewell address that he was "the luckiest man on the face of the world" when he announced his retirement from the game due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It has been said that his address is the "Gettysburg Address of Baseball".[([[https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/the-real-story-behind-lou-gehrigs-famous-july-4th-luckiest-man-speech|gothamist]])]
+===== Toni Stone =====
+The first of three women to play in baseball's Negro League throughout its 40-year history was Toni Stone (1921–1996). Her nickname among baseball historians was "the female Jackie Robinson". She once ranked as the fourth-best hitter in the league in 1953.[([[http://www.cnlbr.org/Portals/0/RL/430762%20Women%20of%20the%20Negro%20League.pdf|cnlbr]])]
+===== Dock Ellis And LSD =====
+On June 12, 1970, Pirates starting pitcher Dock Ellis (1945–2008) threw his first and only professional no-hitter. He was also under the influence of LSD at the time.[([[https://andscape.com/features/pittsburgh-pirates-pitcher-dock-ellis-threw-a-no-no-while-high-on-lsd/|andscape]])]
+===== Shortest Game =====
+Baseball games now average over three hours, but the shortest game ever played in the big leagues on September 28, 1919, only lasted 51 minutes. At Polo Grounds, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1.[([[https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-28-1919-giants-and-phillies-record-51-outs-in-51-minutes-the-fastest-game-in-major-league-history/|sabr]])]
+===== Most Innings =====
+On May 1, 1920, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves battled to 26 innings, which is the most ever in a Major League Baseball game.[([[https://tbonesbaseball.com/the-most-innings-in-a-major-league-baseball-game/|tbonesbaseball]])]
+===== Longest Game =====
+On May 9, 1984, the Chicago White Sox and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers played the longest game ever. The game lasted for 25 innings and 8 hours and 6 minutes.[([[https://tbonesbaseball.com/the-longest-baseball-game-in-history-the-milwaukee-brewers-vs-the-chicago-white-sox/|tbonesbaseball]])]
+===== Least Amount Of Viewers =====
+The Florida Marlins' game against the Cincinnati Reds in 2011 established the record for the fewest spectators ever at a baseball game. Only 347 spectators showed up because to Hurricane Irene for the game.[([[https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/hurricane-irene-poor-baseball-fan-counts-people-stands-florida-marlins-game-347-article-1.945818|nydailynews]])]
+===== Most Valuable Baseball Card =====
+The 1909 Honus Wagner T206 baseball card, which is valued over $2.8 million, is the most expensive baseball card ever.[([[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/08/04/honus-wagner-t-206-baseball-card-auction-sold-goldin-auction/10235881002/|usatoday]])]
+===== Metaphors For Sex =====
+Baseball is frequently used as a metaphor for sex in the United States. "First base" refers to mouth-to-mouth contact, "second base" to skin-to-skin contact or manual stimulation of the genitalia, "third base" to oral sex, or mouth-to-genital contact, and "homerun" to full-on sexual activity.[([[https://www.quora.com/What-do-1st-base-2nd-base-3rd-base-and-home-mean|quora]])]
+===== Black Sox Scandal =====
+The Chicago White Sox acquired the name "Black Sox" in 1919 after eight players were charged for purposefully losing the World Series. One of baseball's all-time best hitters, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, was among the eight players who received a lifetime ban from the sport. He was expelled, making him ineligible for the Hall of Fame as well.[([[https://www.wondriumdaily.com/scandalous-history-of-baseball/|wondriumdaily]])]

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