Portal:Baseball/Did you know

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Did you know...

...that Jim Barr, who holds the Major League record for counsecutive batters retired, has two daughters who have played soccer professionally in the WUSA?
...that Super Baseball 2020 and Base Wars both feature robot players and are set in the future?
...that baseball fans were once known as kranks?
...that Frank Lary, who held a career 28-13 record against the New York Yankees, was famously known as the "Yankee Killer"?

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...that Sidd Finch, an enigmatic New York Mets pitching prospect with a 103 miles-per-hour fastball, was a creation of journalist George Plimpton? Sports Illustrated ran a story on Finch as part of an April Fools Day hoax in 1985.
...that the St. Paul Saints, a team in the independent American Association known for their over the top promotions, are owned in part by the son of Bill Veeck?
...that Disco Demolition Night was a promotional stunt held between the two games of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, where fans were asked to bring disco records that would then be blown up? Spectators stormed the field, and the White Sox were forced to forfeit the second game due to safety concerns.
...that before joining the St. Louis Cardinals, Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson played one season of basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters?

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...that David Nied and Nigel Wilson were the first picks of the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins in the 1992 expansion draft?
...that former New York Mets firstbaseman Keith Hernandez played himself in a two-part episode of the television show, Seinfeld?
...that Kim Ng was the first woman to interview for a Major League General Manager's job?
...that Ron Bottler and Glenn Mickens became the first Americans to play professional baseball in Japan when they signed with the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1959?

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...that at the time of his retirement in 1979, pitcher Mickey Lolich had more strikeouts than any left-hander in Major League history?
...that the European Cup is a baseball competition held between the top teams of the professional baseball leagues of Europe?
...that Mark Kiger is the only Major League player to make his debut in a playoff game?
...that Rip Sewell developed the Eephus pitch after injuring his right foot in a hunting accident, because its delivery didn't require the foot to pivot?

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...that Ron LeFlore, who twice led the American League in stolen bases, was discovered while serving a prison sentence for armed robbery. Detroit Tigers manager Billy Martin scouted him after receiving a tip from another inmate.
...that Danny Goodwin is the only player to be selected first over all in two First Year Player Drafts?
...that Tigres del Licey, a professional team based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, have won a record nine Caribbean Series?
...that the Zulu Cannibal Giants were an all-black barnstorming team in the 1930s, who played dressed in stylized tribal costume?