Interesting Baseball Fact Day

With the baseball season just starting and all of the teams now having a home opener under their belt, lots of interesting baseball history facts come out of the wood works.  Thought I would share a few.


-Caught a little of the Dodger game yesterday and Dodger Stadium turned 50.  Some of the original team was on the field for the opening ceremonies.  Pretty cool.


-Today the Yankee pinstripes turn 100.  Reading an article about back when they were the Hilltoppers and playing at Polo grounds.  Ray Caldwell threw out the first pitch, claimed to be one of the best ever in the game. The next time I go to New York I would love to visit whats left of the craziest ballpark every.  If you like baseball, you need to read about Polo Grounds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds


-Red Sox and Fenway are born today also.


-40th season of the DH.  A rule I love and hate.  I wish they would just choose one, either way I don't care.  Honestly I have equal pros and cons to both sides but maybe one day.  *Cross fingers*


-1912 Top hitter in baseball was Ty Cobb.  .409 BA.  Sick.


Speaking of Cobb interesting little story here:


1912:  To protest the indefinite suspension of teammate Ty Cobb for attacking a heckling fan, his Detroit Tiger teammates refused to play their next game. Rather than forfeit, the club cobbled together a makeshift lineup that included some fans. It lost 24-2 and Cobb was promptly reinstated.

HA!

One last fact, thanks to Jamey Newberg and his awesome email thing he has going.  (I would love to be able to do what he does for the brewers but I just need a media pass.....)

The Rangers pitchers minus the one "bug" inning by Darvish have a combined ERA of 1.25, 2.2 realistically.  Only the Pirates are better with a 1.5 (WTF?!?!?)  The Crew is second to last with 5.4 and last is the Red Sox with a terrible 6.95.  Granted they did open against the powerhouse of the Tigers.

I love stats.  And only a week in, you get some pretty weird numbers but hey, numbers don't lie!

Great games tonight with most teams completing the cycle of their starters.  Jack Johnson vs Halladay, Dumpster vs Yogo, Weaver vs Pavano, Cueto vs Garcia to name a few.

Great win for the Crew and Strangers last night.  The Rangers with a 1-0 quiet game with some sick pitching by Feliz and the Crew kicking ass again in the cold and windy city of Wrigleyville.  And shout out to K-Rods first save as a Brewer!