The average lifespan of a major league baseball is 5 pitches.
Maple bats are harder and more durable than common ash bats.
A Chinese home run is a foul ball that carries over the backstop and out of the park. The first postage stamp with baseball as its theme was issued for the Basball Hall of Fame opening in 1939. It is woven into the fabric of our society. Our own experiences with baseball have left an individual stamp on each of us, whether it's the unpleasant memory of being the last chosen in a pickup game or the warm glow you felt the first time you walked through the dark tunnel of a ball park and emerged into the bright sunlight reflecting off an emerald green field. Many books and movies have captured the various elements of the game.