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quotes[0]='A baseball will go farther in hot temperature than in cold temperature.'

quotes[1]='In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry said, "They\'ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Apollo 11 landed on the moon carrying Neil Armstrong, Gaylord Perry hit his first home run.'

quotes[2]='The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team.'

quotes[3]='A perfect game in baseball is one in which the same player pitches the entire game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base -- by any means.'

quotes[4]='Babe Ruth hit his first major-league home run on May 6, 1915. He was playing for the Boston Red Sox at the time. "The Sultan of Swat" went on to smash 714 round-trippers before he retired, as a New York Yankee, in 1935.'

quotes[5]='The first players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson in 1936.'

quotes[6]='The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game: Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners in a game against the California Angels on September 14th, 1990.'

quotes[7]='When Henry Aaron hit his 715th Home Run, breaking Babe Ruth\'s record, the pitcher who served it up was Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were both wearing number 44.'

quotes[8]='The distance between the pitcher\'s rubber and home plate in baseball is 60 feet, 6 inches.'

quotes[9]='The largest baseball card collection, 200,000 cards, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.'

quotes[10]='A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches.'

quotes[11]='A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed.'

quotes[12]='Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War.'

quotes[13]='Baseball was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.'

quotes[14]='Elmer Smith was the first player to hit a grand slam in a World Series.'

quotes[15]='A perfect game in baseball is one in which the same player pitches the entire game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base -- by any means.'

quotes[16]='Baseball\'s home plate is 17 inches wide.'

quotes[17]='Until the 1870s, baseball was played without the use of gloves.'

quotes[18]='Black Betsy was the name of Shoeless Joe Jackson\'s 44 ounce baseball bat.'

quotes[19]='In 1946, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane.'

quotes[20]='One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.'

quotes[21]='The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903.'

quotes[22]='The average price for a major league baseball game in 2004 is $19.82.'

quotes[23]='Missouri has been to most NCAA tournaments than any other college without reaching the final four.'

quotes[24]='Baseball\'s home plate is 17 inches wide.'

quotes[25]='The average lifespan of a major league baseball: 5 pitches'

quotes[26]='Baseball rules were codified in 1846 by Alexander Cartwright of the Knickerbocker Baseball Club. </i>'


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