Flip Flop Flyin' - Baseball stuff

On 27 July 2005, I went to see New York Yankees play Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium with some friends. I knew nothing about baseball and, as a fair amount of Englishmen are wont to do, I scoffed at the sport for being glorified rounders. It was a rather dull game, or so my friends told me, but some sort of epiphany occurred: I completely fell for baseball.
Since then, the full complexity of the sport has begun to reveal itself. I enjoy the history, the aesthetics, the phenomenal amount of statistics. I also like maps and organising information. Therefore...

30 ballparks
All of the Major League Baseball playing surfaces.

103 diamonds in Manhattan
All the places one could whack a baseball, or a softball, or anything that might involve hitting a ball with a stick and dreaming of being Derek Jeter or Jose Reyes.

73,080 bases in 2006
Adding together all the bases ran by all the players of all the MLB teams during the 2006 season (including the post-season). Doing that, then seeing how big a baseball diamond it would make. One base run is 90 feet. 73,080 bases is just over 1,245 miles.

716,083 pitches in 2006
Adding together all the pitches pitched by all the pitchers of all the MLB teams during the 2006 season (including the post-season). Imagine if all of those pitches were made in one continuous line. One pitch - from the pitcher's plate to home plate - is 60.5 feet. 716,083 pitches is just over 8,318.5 miles, or the distance from the pitcher's plate at Busch Stadium, St Louis, Missouri, (home of the St Louis Cardinals, 2006 World Series winners) to the beach of the Uran township, just south of Mumbai, India.

Retired numbers
Every retired number in Major League Baseball.


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		On 27 July 2005, I went to see New York Yankees play Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium with some friends. I knew nothing about baseball and, as a fair amount of Englishmen are wont to do, I scoffed at the sport for being glorified rounders. It was a rather dull game, or so my friends told me, but some sort of epiphany occurred: I completely fell for baseball. Since then, the full complexity of the sport has begun to reveal itself. I enjoy the history, the aesthetics, the phenomenal amount of statistics. I also like maps and organising information. Therefore... 30 ballparks All of the Major League Baseball playing surfaces. 103 diamonds in Manhattan All the places one could whack a baseball, or a softball, or anything that might involve hitting a ball with a stick and dreaming of being Derek Jeter or Jose Reyes. 73,080 bases in 2006 Adding together all the bases ran by all the players of all the MLB teams during the 2006 season (including the post-season). Doing that, then seeing how big a baseball diamond it would make. One base run is 90 feet. 73,080 bases is just over 1,245 miles. 716,083 pitches in 2006 Adding together all the pitches pitched by all the pitchers of all the MLB teams during the 2006 season (including the post-season). Imagine if all of those pitches were made in one continuous line. One pitch - from the pitcher's plate to home plate - is 60.5 feet. 716,083 pitches is just over 8,318.5 miles, or the distance from the pitcher's plate at Busch Stadium, St Louis, Missouri, (home of the St Louis Cardinals, 2006 World Series winners) to the beach of the Uran township, just south of Mumbai, India. Retired numbers Every retired number in Major League Baseball.