Fun things about baseball you didn't know!

Baseball occupies a significant place in the US way of living. It is not just a game, it is a part of the American spirit. Besides, serious implications, there are so many fun facts associated with the game. Want to know more? Read right on!

Here are 12 fascinating facts about baseball:

1. The First Official Baseball Game  

Do you know when the first official baseball match was organized in the United States? 1846! And the first pack of baseball cards was manufactured in the year 1868. The game actually is more than 200 years old and an integral part of the American soul.

2. The First Baseball League

This was a momentous event in the history of the game. The first ever baseball league came into existence in the year 1876.

3. The first to hit 40 home runs!

Player Jose Canseco was the first ever baseball champ to have hit 40 homeruns in a season! This was a phenomenal event in the history of the game.

4. Baseball balls hand grenade

In the World War II the US Army were utilizing baseball balls that were as baseball balls in composition. The explosive was like a ball in weight and size. This was carried out to make use of the explosive simple as a large portion of the American warriors were highly experienced in playing base ball.

5. Spot the foe with baseball abilities

The American guard utilized baseball playing abilities to figure out if there was any German fighter in their camp in the Battle of the Bulge.

6. Players who urinated on their hands

Two exceptionally well known MLB players (Jorge Posada, Moises Alou) were known to urinate on their hands to make their skin harder and enhance better grip. It is accepted that there were additionally other people who did the same.

7. One MLB season 160,000 balls

On an average 160,000 balls are needed for every MLB season.

8. Baseball for blind                     

There is a baseball sort of amusement played by blind people. The diversion is regarded as "Beep Baseball". There are 27 teams in the World Series of the game. It additionally has a Hall of Fame.

9. Introduction of shorts by White Sox

The White Sox introduced baseball shorts to many people's surprise when they took the field against Kansas City Royals on August 8, 1976.

10.  Hitting a fan twice

Richie Ashburn fouled of a ball, in a match in 1957, which hit a lady on her nose. After a few times he again fouled, the ball hit her for the second time while she was being taken out of the stadium in a stretcher.

11. MLB match with least spectators                              

The most reduced participation in a MLB match was recorded at Florida Marlins where just 347 people were present as a result of the change in Venue.

12. Baseball mud

A unique sort of mud is utilized for rubbing balls for MLB matches. The location of the mud is a known to just one person.

Which fact did you find the most fascinating?