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2nd and 3rd base are 90 feet apart in a Major League Baseball field. This 90 feet is measured from the center of second base furthest from home plate to the back-left corner of third base. The three bases and home plate are set up on the corners of a square with a 90-foot side. But while home plate, first base, and third base are completely inside the square, the center of second base sits on the other corner of the square.

In the 1976 Baseball Research Journal, James Watkins had an article entitled "Nothing to Nothing in Overtime," that listed all 20th Century scoreless, extra-inning ties. Jim Weigand compiled a complete list of scoreless ties, available in Grandstand Baseball Annual, Special 1. It notes 5 other extra-innings games. One deserves special attention. Toledo and Brooklyn faced off at Washington Park on October 4, 1884, and played a scoreless tie for ten innings. The two remarkable features of the game were, first, a no-hitter by Sam Kimber of Brooklyn, the only one in a tie game of more than nine innings, and second, even more amazing for the time, neither team made an error. Now, any tie games that are called are counted as a loss for both teams.

Nothing to Nothing in Overtime By James Watkins (Assjsted by AI Kermjsch) Some of the great pitching duels in baseball history have received little publicity because more than 30 extra-inning contests ended in 0-0 ties. Extra-inning tie games are rare these days since most games now can be suspended and finished at a future date, but in the old days natural elements usually put an end to them. Ironically, the longest scoreless game in major league history was played in one of the better hitting parks-Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, on September 11, 1946, a 19-inning tie between the Dodgers and the Reds. Johnny Vander Meer, who had pitched the second of his two successive no-hitters in 1938 at Ebbets Field, hurled the first 15 innings for Cincinnati, fanning 14. The Reds almost broke the tie in the top half of the 19th inning. With one out and Dain Clay on second base, Bert Haas lined a single to right but Dixie Walker nailed Clay at the plate. The longest scoreless game in the American League took place at Detroit on July 16, 1909. The Tigers and Senators battled 18 innings before darkness set in. Ed Summers went all the way for Detroit, giving up only seven hits. Dolly Gray and Bob Groom divided the pitching chores for Washington, giving up only six hits between them. Gray was in superb form in his starting effort. He gave up only one hit in eight innings, a single to Matty McIntyre, the first batter to face him in the game. He had to leave the game after straining his side in the ninth inning after pitching three balls to McIntyre, the first batter of the frame. Groom took over and gave up only five hits in his 10 innings. He got out of a bases full, none out situation jn the 15th inning. With the bags loaded, he had to face Donie Bush, Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb. But he was equal to the occasion. Bush popped out to third baseman Bob Kelly. Crawford topped the ball toward first base. Wade Killifer, a pinch-runner for Oscar Stanage, dug for home. Groom pounced on the ball and threw home to Gabby Street. The play was very close; in fact, Street seemed to think the throw was too late and started for the bench. The Washington infielders also began to come in white the Detroit runners moved toward the clubhouse. But umpire John Kerin had called the runner out and called all the players back. Cobb ended the suspense by striking out. Gray and Groom were particularly rough on the two top Detroit hitters-Cobb and Crawford-who each went 0 for 7. Another 18-inning scoreless tie took place at Shea Stadium on Saturday, October 2, 1965, in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader between the Mets and Phillies. The game had to be halted on account of a 12:50 a.m. curfew. Chris Short, Phil southpaw, fanned 18 in his 15 innings of work. It was a frustrating night for the Mets. They were blanked 6-0 by Jim Bunning in the first game. Ernie Koob, St. Louis Browns' southpaw, pitched all the way in a l7-inning scoreless game with the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Boston, on July 14, 1916. Carl Mays pitched the first 15 innings for the Red Sox and Hub Leonard the last two. Poor base-running by Koob kept him from winning the game in the 15th inning. Koob, recipient of a base on balls, advanced to second base with two out in the 15th inning. Ward Miller singled to left field and Koob came home but he was called out for failing to touch third base. Jack Coombs of the Athletics and Ed Walsh of the White Sox had a spectacular l6-inning scoreless duel at Chicago on August 4, 1910. Coombs gave up only three hits and fanned 18, while Walsh allowed six singles and struck out 10. Coombs had nine consecutive hitless innings in the game. Pat Dougherty doubled in the second inning and that was the only hit off Coombs until the 12th chapter when rookie Paul Meloan and Dougherty chipped in with singles. Coombs wound up his work in whirlwind fashion, fanning Charley Mullen, Billy Sullivan and Walsh in a row in the 16th frame. Although it went only 14 innings, the scoreless tie between the Indians and Tigers at Cleveland on August 11, 1942, deserves special mention. It was the first game of a twi-nighter, but in those early years of night baseball the rules did not allow day games to be finished under lights. So the game was called on account of darkness at the end of 14 innings, but a few minutes later the lights were turned on and Dizzy Trout and Mel Harder came out to warm up for the second game. But that peculiarity deprived the fans of seeing a conclusion to an extra-ordinary pitching duel between Al Milnar and Tommy Bridges. Milnar was magnificent. He gave up only two hits and held the Tigers hitless until two out in the ninth inning when Roger Cramer singled to right. The other hit came with one out in the 13th inning, a single to left field by Rudy York. Walter Johnson turned in a scintillating performance in a l2-inning scoreless battle with Jack Quinn of the Yankees at the Polo Grounds, New York, on May 11, 1919. It was the first legalized Sunday game for the Yankees in New York. It was a raw day and only 3,000 fans braved the elements. But they were rewarded with a first-class hurling duel. The gloomy day was made to order for Johnson's fastball. He was almost invincible and at one time retired 28 batters in a row. Roger Peckinpaugh, the second man to bat in the first inning, singled and not another Yankee reached first base until Frank Baker walked with two down in the tenth inning. Derrill Pratt got the other Yankee hit to open the 11th inning. George Halas, the fabled owner of the football Chicago Bears, then a rookie outfielder for the Yankees, played the entire game. He was 0 for 5 against Johnson, fanning twice. The game was called a few minutes before 6 o'clock under the assumption that the game had to be called because of the new Sunday law. But after the game the veteran umpire Bill Dinneen admitted that he made a mistake in calling the game. He had acted on the advice of President Jake Ruppert of the Yankees that the Sunday law required the game to end at 6 o'clock. The information, however, proved to be erroneous. The Sunday law stipulated that games had to be played after 2 o'clock with no provision as to what time they should end. SCORELESS TIES OF 10 OR MORE INNINGS, 1901-75 National League Date ---Home Team & Hurler-Visiting Team & Hurler - Innings 5-01-02 - Chi. - Luther Taylor Cin. Noodles Hahn 12 9-11-06 - Pitt. - D. Phillippe 10 Cin. Bob Ewing 15 ------------------- Victor Willis 5 9-19-07+ Phil. Lew Richie Chi. Ed Reulbach 10 9-02-08+ N. Y. Leon Ames Bkn. George Bell 13 4-25-13 N.Y. Al Demaree 10 Phil. Gr. Alexander 11 -----------------Doc Crandall 1

The New York Giants had a seeming win taken away from them on April 25, 1913. In the bottom of the tenth inning, Moose McCormick hit Grover Alexander's pitch for a run-scoring single. However, umpire Bill Klem had his back turned, and ruled that the pitch didn't count. The game ended in a scoreless tie the next inning.

9-05-13+ Bos. Dick Rudolph Phil. Gr. Alexander 10 8- I 1-14 Bos. George Tyler Cin. Leon Ames 13 7~07-15+ Bkn. Phil Douglas Bos. William James 5 -- 16 ------------------------------------------George Davis 11 6-13-16 Bos. Dick Rudolph 12 Cin. Fred Toney 11 -- 16 ----------------Tom Hughes 4 ---------Pete Schneider 5 9-04-17 Bkn. Ed Pfeffer Phil. Joe Oeschger 14 9-22-17 St.L. Lee Meadows Bos. ArthurNehf 14 9- 11-46 Bkn. Hal Gregg 10 Cin. J. VanderMeer 15 -- 19 -----------------Hugh Casey 5 ------Harry Gumbert 4 -----------------Art Herring 3 -----------------Hank Behrman 1 7-31-53+ Mil. Max Surkont Phil. Robert Miller 10 10-2-65+ N.Y. Dick Gardner 15 Phil. Chris Short 15 -- 18 -------------------D. Sutherland 2 Gary Wagner 2 -------------------Dennis Ribant 1 Jack Baldschun 1 American League 5-21-04 Wash. Jack Townsend Det. George Mullin 11 7-22-04 Wash. Case Patten Det. Ed Killian 13 9-27-04 + StL. Willie Sudhoff Phil. Chief Bender 10 5-13-05 Chi. Frank Smith N.Y. Bill Hogg 11 9-13-06 Chi. Frank Owen StL. Barney Pelty 10 7-19-07 Cle. Glenn Liebhardt Wash. Charles Smith 12 9-09-07 Bos. Cy Young Phil. Rube Waddell 13 7-16-09 Det. OrenSummers Wash. Dolly Gray 8.1 -- 18 -------------------------------------------Robert Groom 9.2 8-04-10 Chi. Ed Walsh Phil. Jack Coombs 16 9-21-10 Cle. Harry Fanwell Phil. Jack Coombs 11 4- 20-12 StL. G. Baumgardner Chi. James Scott 15 7-14-16 Bos. Carl Mays 15 StL. Ernie Koob 17 ----------------Hub Leonard 2 5-11-19 N.Y. JackQuinn Wash. Walter Johnson 12 8-16-26 Chi. Ted Lyons Det. Sam Gibson 10 9-08-29+ Bos. Milt Gaston StL. Geo. Blaeholder 10 8-11-42# Cle. Al Milnar Det. Tommy Bridges 14 6-03-45+ Phil. Bobo Newsom 7 StL. Tex Shirley 13 ------------------Joe Berry 2.1 ------------------Steve Gerkin 3.2 5-09-54 + Chi. Billy Pierce Det. Billy Hoeft 10 # First game; + second game

# He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his team # He is not the winning pitcher # He is credited with at least ⅓ of an inning pitched # He satisfies one of the following conditions: ## He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning ## He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, at bat or on deck ## He pitches for at least three innings

Babe Ruth had 8399 official at bats over his 22 year career.

There are 2 leagues. American League and National League.

It has been done in MLB.

In 1967, Gil Hodges was the manager of the Washington Senators. Shortly after the season ended the Senators traded him to the New York Mets for Bill Denehy and $100,000 cash. The Senators were strapped for cash and Hodges probably wasn't going to stay with Washington more than one more season. As with all trades, MLB must approve it and they had no problem doing so.

Lou Piniella managed the Seattle Mariners in 2002 and left to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2003. Shortly after Piniella joined Tampa they traded Randy Wynn, one of their best players, to the Mariners for a minor league prospect. The trade was believed to be compensation to the Mariners for Piniella leaving to join the Devil Rays.

One club that has not has not played in the World Series is the Seattle Mariners.

29 against the St. Louis Browns on June 8, 1950. The Red Sox won that game 29-4. Incredibly, the day before (June 7, 1950), the Red Sox defeated the Browns 20-4. The 49 runs scored in those two games is an MLB record for runs scored in consecutive games.

Ed Dugan debuted on August 5, 1884 and played his final game on October 15, 1884.

In MLB history, the most runs scored by a single team in the ninth inning is 14 by the Baltimore Orioles against the Boston Beaneaters in 1894. The most runs scored by both teams in the ninth inning is 17 by the New York Giants and Boston Braves in 1912. The Giants scored 7 runs and the Braves scored 10 runs.

No, girls do not need to wear a cup when catching baseball.

A metal bat will hit the hardest because metal is 85% stronger than a wooden bat.

Ozzie Smith

The patch is in memory of Jim Beauchamp, who lost his long battle with leukemia in December. Beauchamp, who was known as "Beach" spent 2 decades with the Braves. He served as Manager Bobby Cox's bench coach from 1991-98 and as a minor league instructor from 1999-2006. The team plans to wear the patch all season.

The Expos played in Olympic Stadium from 1977-2004 and Jarry Park from 1969-1976. For the final two years of the team's existence (2003 and 2004), MLB had them play 22 'home' games per season at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Adrian Gonzalez is a first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

There are 9 players from each team on the field at any given time during the game; including the players who are not on the field (those in the dugout, on the bench, or in the bullpen), each team has 25 players on its roster. On September 1st of each year, teams may expand their rosters to 40 players through the end of the regular season.

Hank Aaron hit 22 home runs in the American League for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1975 & 1976. All 22 of those home runs were hit as a designated hitter.

There are nine positions on each team, meaning 18 total. In American League games, there is one more position, meaning 20 total. Also, you can use players on the bench. Counting all managers, coaches, and usable players there are 25 on each, meaning 50, though you are not allow to play the managers (or can you?)

Several, BUT Dave Winfield was drafted by four teams in three different sports. The San Diego Padres selected him as an outfielder with the fourth overall pick in the MLB draft and both the Atlanta Hawks (NBA) and the Utah Stars (ABA) drafted him. And even though he never played college football, the Minnesota Vikings selected Winfield in the 17th round of the NFL draft. He remains the only athlete to be drafted by three professional sports

They wear majestic pants witch provide their jerseys. Majestic pants are hard to find with the piping on the side. The ones without the piping are online on mostly any sports website

"Inning" is derived from the word "in" just like the word "outing" is derived from the word "out." An inning is to be "in" as an "outing" is to be "out." An inning can refer to any particular stay, even a political term in office. In baseball, the length of term for being "in" or an inning, is 3 "outs" per side, or 6 outs. The word "out" used during an "inning" signifies that the length of one's term is coming to an end, as in "three outs and the other side is in (or "up"). Each particular batter has an "inning" also because he is "in" the batter's box and has three "strikes" (the length of his term) until he is "out" (unless he otherwise hits the ball into play). The word "inning" itself did not commence with the invention of baseball but was already in use.

A run is a point scored by a team, whether it's accomplished by stealing home or trotting home after a walk with the bases loaded. There are many ways to score a run, and a home run is one of them. A home run can account for as many as four runs (if the bases or loaded) or as few as one (a solo shot).

Major League Baseball has granted the Padres the right to wear the camo uniforms whenever they want, according to a local SD newscast. The Padres will wear them for military-related games.

FYI, the starting pitcher decides which uniform will be worn on game day.
Home: white jersey/white pants or alternate blue jersey/white pants
Away: sand jersey/sand pants or alternate blue jersey/sand pants

Since 2008, the Padres wear the camouflage uniforms every Sunday home game. They are worn with their sand colored away pants. They also wear them for Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day regardless of wether they are home or away.