10 Fascinating Baseball Facts (Part-1) October 19, 2012 Noreen Embed This Infographic <a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/10/10-fascinating-baseball-facts-part-1"><img title="10 Fascinating Baseball Facts" src="http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Fascinating-Baseball-Facts-Infographic-Part-1.jpg" alt="10 Fascinating Baseball Facts" width="620" border="0" class="nopin" /></a>[Source: <a href='http://www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a>] Expand for References and more Information In High School, MLB Star Justin Verlander Traded a Small Percentage of His Eventual $3.12 Million Signing Bonus for a Chocolate Milk There Once was a Little Person Who Played in the Major Leagues Kurt Russell Played Minor League Baseball Until an Injury Ended His Career There was a Major League Baseball Player Who Stole First From Second How Baseball Groundskeepers Achieve Checkerboard Patterns in the Ballpark Grass Former Major League Baseball Player Moe Berg was a Secret Agent in the Predecessor to the CIA There was a Major League Baseball Player Traded for Himself Astroturf was Named “Chemgrass” Before Being Used by the Houston Astros he creator of the baseball box score also was the first to prove that the rotation of the baseball could cause the ball to curve in the air Share the Knowledge! Enjoy this article? Join over 50,000 Subscribers getting our FREE Daily Knowledge and Weekly Wrap newsletters: Subscribe Me To: Daily Knowledge | Weekly Wrap tagged with baseball facts, baseball infographic, fun baseball facts, MLB facts, sports infographic Featured Facts Infographic
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