Baseball Bits:  The Best Stories, Facts, and Trivia
from the Dugout to the Outfield

"There are so many great stories in this book.  Baseball Bits really brings back memories."

 - Brooks Robinson
Hall of Fame third baseman


"A literary home run!"

- Ferguson Jenkins,
Hall of Fame

 

From the Pages of Baseball Bits:

bulletSince Derek Jeter dated Mariah Carey, she had 13 hits - and he had more than 1,800
bulletGeorge (Doc) Medich, a pro baseball player and med student, once jumped into the Baltimore stands before a game to save the life of a fan stricken by a heart attack
bulletKen Griffey and son Ken Griffey, Jr. were the only father-and-son tandem to hit back-to-back home runs
bulletThe 2007 Texas Rangers were the only team in the 20th or 21st century to score 30 runs in a game
bulletWarren Spahn retired with 363 wins and 363 base-hits
bulletDale Murphy and Roger Maris were the only men with consecutive MVP awards excluded from the Hall of Fame
bulletJ.D. Drew is the only man to participate in a four-straight-homer inning with two different teams
bulletCatfish Hunter once singed a seven-figure contract with a 10-cent pen
bulletPhil and Joe Niekro won more games than any other fraternal pitching tandem
bulletThe bat Ron Blomberg used as the first DH is the only one that went to Cooperstown because of a walk

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