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What are the official longest home runs in MLB?Popularity: 692
What is a walk-off home run and how does it differ from a wall-cough home run or the infamous Wahlkauff Homer for Chicago in 1936?
Popularity: 447
How many ways can a batter reach first base?
Popularity: 441
What are the differences between the rules of baseball and softball?
Popularity: 316
How do you place players in the batting order in baseball?
Popularity: 311
How do you find the value of an autographed baseball?
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Why is a 'K' used for a strike out in baseball?
Popularity: 290
What was the longest Major League Baseball game in 2003?
Popularity: 285
Why is it called the bullpen?
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What sports were popular in the 1920s?
Popularity: 273
Where does the mud umpires rub on baseballs before games come from?
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Which major league team once had three players vomit on the field at the same time?
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Why is there an American League and a National League?
Popularity: 239
Why is baseball called America's pastime?
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How many baseballs are used during a MLB game?
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How can you have eight batters in one inning without scoring a run?
Popularity: 225
How did the American League get started?
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What was the Model and Make of Mickey Mantle's glove?
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How many players are there in Major League Baseball?
Popularity: 222
Why do baserunners run counterclockwise?
Popularity: 218
Does a post-season home run count in a player's total career home runs?
Popularity: 218
Who hit the most home runs in the 1980's?
Popularity: 215
How do you get in touch with a baseball player?
Popularity: 215
What is Major League Baseball's oldest ballpark?
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What is the wild card race?
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Where did the word 'fungo' in baseball come from?
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When was 'base ball' contracted in daily usage to the one word 'baseball'?
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When was the last time that both the NLCS and the ALCS went 7 games in the same year?
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Why does Major League Baseball not have any female players?
Popularity: 208
What is the record for most consecutive shutout innings pitched by one team?
Popularity: 208
What is the difference between a lead off second base with no outs and two out leads?
Popularity: 205
Which side of the plate did Mickey Mantle hit his 500th home run from?
Popularity: 203
Why is tapping the ball called bunting?
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Can a run count in a player's career but a game?
Popularity: 201
What pitcher threw four consecutive home run pitches in a single inning?
Popularity: 199
Why do some franchises have higher salaries than other teams?
Popularity: 199
What does the -number weight drop on bats mean?
Popularity: 197
When was the first MLB night game?
Popularity: 193
Was there ever a team called the Black Sox?
Popularity: 188
What stadium was the squirrel crawling across the backstop and Barry Bonds almost hit it?
Popularity: 181
What is the furthest that two opposing pitchers have taken a no-hitter into the same game?
Popularity: 174
What is the best way to catch a fly ball?
Popularity: 161
Does Antonio Alfonseca really have six fingers on his hands?
Popularity: 161
Where did baseball start?
Popularity: 159
How was baseball invented?
Popularity: 158
What makes a winning Major League Baseball team?
Popularity: 158
What game was lost because the runner did not step on first base?
Popularity: 153
Why do baseball players not shake hands after the game?
Popularity: 151
What year was the Star Spangled Banner first played at a Major League Baseball game?
Popularity: 149
What is the record for the most players traded for a single player in professional baseball?
Popularity: 145
Do errors and fielders choice factor into on base percentage?
Popularity: 144
How can you get next year's baseball schedule?
Popularity: 143
Why is home plate a different shape and size as the other bases?
Popularity: 142
Why did baseball and recreational activities flourish during the 1920's?
Popularity: 140
How long is the average baseball career?
Popularity: 137
Who invented baseball?
Popularity: 134
What does the number 714 represent in baseball?
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How far is it from home plate to the pitchers mound in Little League Baseball?
Popularity: 130
What is the record for the biggest increase in the number of wins from one MLB season to the next?
Popularity: 125
Who hit the longest home run in MLB history?
Popularity: 121
What do AVR HR RBI and OBP mean in baseball stats?
Popularity: 120
When was baseball invented?
Popularity: 116
What does RBI stand for?
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If a MLB player is signed to a guaranteed contract for 5 years but decides to retire after 3 years not due to injury and he is still physically able to play is the contract still paid?
Popularity: 116
How many types of pitches are there?
Popularity: 113
How many players are on a baseball team?
Popularity: 112
What player hit the very first home run in the Houston AstroDome?
Popularity: 112
How many baseball teams are in the National League?
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What does the 'H' stand for in the pitcher's box score in baseball?
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What is the record for the most strikeouts in a major league baseball game by an individual hitter?
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