Read Online Ripley Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities Trivia Tim O'Brien John Graziano 9781893951297 Books
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Ripley Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities Trivia Tim O'Brien John Graziano 9781893951297 Books Reviews
- Good!
- great stories
- Great info and little-known facts really enjoyed reading
- I enjoy reading baseball trivia. However, found four errors in this book and e-mailed the publisher. The publisher responded and said these would be corrected in the next edition.
- The first interesting fact contained in "Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities and Trivia" is that THE Robert Ripley actually was a big-league player - for the N.Y. Giants in 1914. Unfortunately, he broke his pitching arm during his debut, and it was back to the N.Y. Globe as a full-time sports illustrator. Three of my other favorites are
1)It takes a baseball traveling 89.9 mph only 400 milliseconds to reach home plate!
2)The smallest strike zone ever was only 1.5 inches when a 3'7" midget made an official appearance as a pinch hitter for the St. Louis Browns on August 19,1951. He walked on four straight pitches and was paid $100.
3)The longest home run was hit by Lou Gehrig on April 3, 1929 - over 600' from home plate.
