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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. 🏀
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Baseball and softball returned to the Olympics in 2020. A long break, a quiet comeback.
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Baseball is known as America's pastime. And statistical obsession.
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Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier in 1947. Changing sports—and history—in one swing.
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The average lifespan of a Major League baseball is 7 pitches. Short career, high pressure.
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The first recorded game of baseball was in 1846 in New Jersey. America was warming up early.
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The first televised sporting event was a baseball game in 1939. Sports officially entered living rooms.
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Baseball was created because people wanted to swing at something without consequences. It didn’t work.
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The first baseball cap was invented to hide panic under the sun.
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