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What are the official longest home runs in MLB?Popularity: 692
Why is it called the bullpen?
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What was the importance of baseball to the economy during the Great Depression?
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Why is it called the World Series?
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What is Major League Baseball's oldest ballpark?
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Who was the MVP of the 2002 MLB season?
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How did the National League get started?
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Where can you find a baseball team roster from the 1950's?
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How many times did Willie Mays steal home?
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How did the Boston Red Sox get their name?
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Where can you learn about minor league baseball in the 1920's?
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When did major league baseball first start using player numbers?
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Where did baseball start?
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How was baseball invented?
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Who was the first baseball player killed in World War 2?
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Who invented baseball?
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What was the longest game in baseball history?
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What years was Joe Cronin American League president?
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How much could Bo Jackson bench and how fast could he run the 40 yard dash?
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Were the games that were played on TV 30 years ago in the afternoon or night?
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Who are the top ten all time MLB home run hitters?
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When did Duke Snider hit his 400th home run?
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When was baseball invented?
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How many times did Babe Ruth strike out in his career?
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When was the first Baltimore Orioles game?
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How many baseball teams are in the National League?
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How did Texas leaguer get its name and where did it originate?
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Who founded Major League Baseball?
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What is the most runs ever scored by a single team in a Major League Baseball game?
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Where can you find information on the 1920's Chicago Firemen minor league baseball team?
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Who stole home twice in the World Series?
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What woman struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig?
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Who made an unassisted triple play in August 2003?
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What is the record for number of foul balls hit during one at bat?
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How many innings was the longest baseball game in major league history?
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What baseball team had the most wins in either league in the 1980's?
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What is the origin of the seventh inning stretch?
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Of all the players in the National Baseball Hall of Fame more than twenty have played managed or coached for the Athletics who are they?
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What was the speed clocked on the radar gun of the fastest pitch ever in a MLB game by Nolan Ryan?
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What is the longest winning streak in Major League Baseball?
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How many Major League baseball teams are there?
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What was the fewest pitches ever in a Major League game by a single team?
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When was the bunt invented and by whom?
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Why are there more teams in the National League than the American League?
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Who hit the first home run in Major League Baseball history?
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How may total games has the franchise lost?
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What pitcher holds the record for most pitches in a single at bat and who was the batter?
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Who is the only center fielder in MLB that has caught a foul ball?
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How much money were baseball tickets in the 1920s?
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What is the largest number of teams a single professional baseball player has played for?
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How many players have played in the major leagues throughout history?
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Who was the last player to have a straight steal of home plate in a regular season major league game?
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How many Major League Baseball teams were there in the 1920s?
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What is a natural cycle and how many MLB players have accomplished it?
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Why did Babe Ruth retire?
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Which pitcher holds the record for most pitches in a single baseball game?
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Who had the most total bases in one Major League Baseball game?
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Did baseball originate in South Wales in the UK?
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How many times have the Boston Red Sox won the World Series?
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Who was Babe Ruth?
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Has there ever been a left-handed third baseman shortstop or second baseman?
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Who hit the last homerun at Sportmans Park and the first at Busch Stadium?
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What baseball player hit .400 in World Series play a record three times?
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Who was the first person to steal home base during a World Series game?
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Where was the first major league baseball game played?
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Who was the last major league baseball player to hit 400?
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What is the record for most pitches for a single at bat?
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Who was the last pitcher to win the Triple Crown?
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How many teams have won the World Series?
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How many baseball Hall of Famers never won a World Series?
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