Facts From Books
- For over a hundred years cycling has been an exciting way of covering distances at High Speed.
- The New York Yankees have won the world series 27 times. That is the most of any team.
- Early baseball bats come in many shapes and sizes.
- Umpires help to run a baseball game.
- pro baseball games have nine innings. The longest game went for 26 innings.
- A runner must touch all of the bases before scoring.
- There's a lot of string in a baseball.
- Some players made their own bats.
- Some bats were long and skinny others were short some were even flat.
- They call balls and strikes they also decide where their base runners are safe or out.
- If a game is tied it's time for extra innings the longest game went for 26 innings.
- If you miss a base and are tagged with the ball your out.
- If you stretched it out it would be more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) long.
