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That Time Tony Lazzeri Served Up a Mushball

In 1937 the Yankee second baseman pulled an on-field practical joke using a doctored baseball.

Was Fidel Castro Given a Tryout by the Washington Senators?

Fidel Castro never regularly played, much less starred, on any baseball team.

Don Sutton Never Missed a Start in His Career?

Few pitchers in baseball history were as reliable, and as healthy, for as long as...

Did Joe Gordon Strike Out to Keep Larry Doby from Looking Bad?

Revising the past to make it look better to the present is an age-old phenomenon.

Was Cal Abrams Tricked Into Insulting His Future Manager?

Some of the national pastime's best revenge tales are those that never happened.

How Often Did the 1960s Dodgers ‘Steal’ 1-0 Victories?

The answer is probably surprisingly less often than you might think.

Did a Baseball Player Protest His Fine by Paying in Pennies?

You can attempt to tender your fine payment in pennies, but you run the risk...

Was a Baseball Game Won by a Score of 2½-2?

Just how much faith do you place in an unbelievable anecdote told by a wag...

Did Mookie Wilson Say Belief in Dinosaurs Helped Him Out of Batting Slumps?

One of the factors behind the Mets' 1986 World Series win may have been a...

Does This Photograph Show Nolan Ryan Pitching After an On-Field Fight?

There's fighting tough, and then there's playing tough ...

Was Baseball Player Moe Berg a World War II Spy? Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame,...

The Chicago Cubs and the Significance of ‘108’

A list of facts connected to the number 108 went viral shortly after the Chicago...