Portal:Baseball/Did you know/10


 * ... that Elmer Stricklett is considered to have been the first baseball pitcher to master the spitball?
 * ... that the Curse of Billy Penn is an alleged curse that may explain the failures of Philadelphia professional sports teams?
 * ... that Chick Gandil was the ringleader of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal in American baseball?
 * ... that Buzzie Bavasi was the general manager of the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers for eighteen years, helping the team win their first four World Series championships?
 * ... that Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins executed the first delayed steal in recorded baseball history?