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Baseball Facts

America's favourite pastime — the records, science, and strange history of baseball.

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In 1891, James Naismith, a 30-year-old physical education instructor from Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons - basketball. What started as a winter workaround turned into a global obsession with sneakers and buzzer-beaters. 🏀 ✓ FACT
Baseball and softball returned to the Olympics in 2020. A long break, a quiet comeback. ✓ FACT
Baseball is known as America's pastime. And statistical obsession. ✓ FACT
Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier in 1947. Changing sports—and history—in one swing. ✓ FACT
The average lifespan of a Major League baseball is 7 pitches. Short career, high pressure. ✓ FACT
The first recorded game of baseball was in 1846 in New Jersey. America was warming up early. ✓ FACT
The first televised sporting event was a baseball game in 1939. Sports officially entered living rooms. ✓ FACT
Baseball was created because people wanted to swing at something without consequences. It didn’t work. ✗ FAKE
The first baseball cap was invented to hide panic under the sun. ✗ FAKE

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