HIGHLIGHTS: Here are some MLB Opening Day facts for you: The Seattle Mariners are the only team that’s never been to the World Series. And there’s nothing in the official MLB rules that forces players to wear hats.
FULL STORY: Here are some random facts for you . . .
1. Say what you want about baseball’s new rules . . . but at least they’re not as goofy as having THREE teams playing at once.
There was once a three-way pro baseball game. In 1944, the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants played to raise money for World War Two. Each team batted three times against both other teams’ pitching and defense. The Dodgers won.
2. The New York Yankees have the best winning percentage of any Major League Baseball franchise. Since they were founded in 1903, they’ve won 57% of their games. The Miami Marlins are last, at 46%.
3. There are FIVE MLB teams that have won every time they’ve been in the World Series. The Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays are both 2-and-0, and the Los Angeles Angels, the Washington Nationals, and the Arizona Diamondbacks are 1-and-0.
And FIVE teams have LOST every time they’ve been in the World Series. The San Diego Padres, the Texas Rangers, and the Tampa Bay Rays are all 0-and-2, and the Milwaukee Brewers and the Colorado Rockies are 0-and-1.
Then, there’s the Seattle Mariners: They’re the only active team that’s never been to the World Series.
(The Mariners COULD make a run in 2023. One site has them at 20-to-1 to win the World Series, which is ninth-best among the 30 teams.)
4. From 1876 to 1887, Major League Baseball players could request where the pitcher threw the pitches during an at-bat: High, low, or middle. And the umpire adjusted the strike zone to the request.
5. There’s nothing in the official Major League Baseball rules that forces players to wear hats . . . other than a helmet when batting or running the bases.
(MLB / Baseball Reference / Wikipedia / MLB / MLB)
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