MLB Must-Read Facts

Mlb is such an amazing game. I love it so much. Here are a few of the reasons why. first of all, being at a baseball game and rooting for your home team gives you a rush of excitement that you cant get anywhere else. baseball is full of action-packed moments and suspenseful innings. Not to mention the intense double-plays and strikeouts. While you might not like the game as much as i do, you should at least read the following facts.

1. second base is the number one stolen base
   2.the unofficial anthem of American baseball is "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
2. the writers of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" had never been to a baseball game
3. no woman has ever played in a mlb baseball game
4. the average number of pitches before a baseball gets traded out is 5-7
5. they use about 70 baseballs each game
   7.baseball initially started in the U.S.
6. baseball has spread to over 100 countries
   9.the Boston Americans won the first World Series in 1903
7. in 2014, MLB saw about $9 billion in gross revenue
   
8. the New York Yankees have the most World Series titles (27)
9. in 2008, Dr. Peters found that sliding head first into a base is faster than feet first (on average)
10. the Yankees were the first beaseball team to wear numbers on their jersey backs
11. in the 1920's their numbers were originally based off of the players' batting order
12. Fenway Park is the oldest baseball park (Boston Red Socks; 1912)

fact credit to: https://www.factretriever.com/baseball-facts