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Mickey Mantle’s Outstanding Event
Updated Hall of Fame outfielder Mickey Mantle sent a crude response when Yankees officials asked him to describe his 'outstanding event' at Yankee Stadium.
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Wally Pipp’s Career-Ending ‘Headache’
Updated Contrary to baseball folklore, Lou Gehrig's famous consecutive game streak did not begin when the Yankees' first baseman Wally Pipp sat out a game with a headache.
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Was Baseball Player Moe Berg a World War II Spy?
11 April 2017 Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he was proud of his service to his country.
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Girth of a Nation
Updated The New York Yankees did not invent pinstriped uniforms, nor did they adopt them to hide Babe Ruth's girth.
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Fidel Castro, Baseball Star?
Updated Was Cuban leader Fidel Castro once given a tryout by the Washington Senators baseball team?
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The Chicago Cubs and the Significance of ‘108’
3 November 2016 A list of facts connected to the number 108 went viral shortly after the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years.
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2014 Tweet Predicted Cubs-Indians Extra-Inning World Series?
2 November 2016 A Twitter user seemingly correctly anticipated an extra-inning Cubs-Indians World Series Game 7 back in 2014.
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1993 Yearbook Predicts Chicago Cubs Championship
25 October 2016 A photograph shows a high school student's yearbook quote from 1993 predicting a Chicago Cubs World Series championship in 2016.
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‘Back to the Future II’ Correctly Predicted Cubs World Series Win in 2015?
Updated The 1989 film 'Back to the Future II' did not correctly predict Chicago would be the winner of a 2015 Cubs-Marlins World Series match-up.
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World Series Origins
Updated Was baseball's annual championship contest, the World Series, named for the New York World newspaper?
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Jackie Robinson: ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem. I Cannot Salute the Flag’
30 August 2016 African-American baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson wrote in his autobiography that he couldn't sing the anthem or salute the flag because "I know that I am a black man in a white world."
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Wrigley Field DJ Fired After Playing Controversial Song
15 August 2016 The song "Smack My Bitch Up" came on as pitcher Aroldis Chapman was leaving the field.
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The Cost(ner) of Love
Updated The Baltimore Orioles did not deliberately create a lighting malfunction before a 1997 game to keep Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak intact.
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Presidential Elections Linked to Eastern Conference NBA Championships
20 June 2016 Democratic presidential candidates have only won the White House in years that an Eastern Conference team has also won the NBA Championship.
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Dock Ellis Pitched a No-Hitter on LSD?
13 June 2015 Rumor: Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis hurled a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD.
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Trade Bait
7 April 2015 Legend: Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Cal Abrams was ordered to publicly berate the Cincinnati Reds' manager, then was traded to that team a few days later.
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Kevin Mitchell Killed His Girlfriend’s Cat?
7 August 2014 Did former New York Mets outfielder Kevin Mitchell cut the head off his girlfriend's cat with a knife?
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1908 Pittsburgh Pirates/Chicago Cubs Controversy
20 July 2014 A lawsuit brought by an injured fan revealed that an umpire blew an important call in a 1908 baseball game.
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