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Athletics
Athletics world records
As of March 2007.
Baseball
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.
Basketball
Shorts
A brief history of basketball clothing.
Football (soccer)
Home advantage in international football
Do you really have a home advantage in international football tournaments. Not if you're Belgium, you don't...
Orientation of Premier League stadiums
This examines the orientation (the goal-to-goal direction) of English Premier League pitches. Back in the olden days, when stadiums were within a community, there seems to be no evident rhyme or reason for their orientation; just plonked down on a spare bit of land. The eight modern stadiums, though, (Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Sunderland, and Wigan Athletic - all built since 1994) all have a fairly similar orientation. In fact, a quick look on Google Earth at all of the stadiums built in the last 20 years by clubs in the three lower divisions reveal the same thing in all but a couple of cases.
World Cup squad members playing at home or abroad
want to know how many member of Brazil's and Argentina's world Cup squads over the years played their club football in their home nations? I thought so.
Squash
Squash balls
What the dots mean.
General
Ball size comparisons
If you've ever wondered how big a lacrosse ball is compared to a jai alai ball, well, here's the thing for you.
Most successful North American cities
In baseball, basketball, (American) football, and (ice) hockey.
Pitch dimensions of different football codes
Comparing the sizes of American football, Association football, Australian Rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, and Rugby League, and Rugby Union pitches.
Soviet and post-Soviet Olympic medal count
How well have the former Soviet nations done since the end of the Soviet Union?
Women's sport
A typical man's interest.
Athletics
Athletics world records
As of March 2007.
Baseball
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.
Basketball
Shorts
A brief history of basketball clothing.
Football (soccer)
Home advantage in international football
Do you really have a home advantage in international football tournaments. Not if you're Belgium, you don't...
Orientation of Premier League stadiums
This examines the orientation (the goal-to-goal direction) of English Premier League pitches. Back in the olden days, when stadiums were within a community, there seems to be no evident rhyme or reason for their orientation; just plonked down on a spare bit of land. The eight modern stadiums, though, (Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Sunderland, and Wigan Athletic - all built since 1994) all have a fairly similar orientation. In fact, a quick look on Google Earth at all of the stadiums built in the last 20 years by clubs in the three lower divisions reveal the same thing in all but a couple of cases.
World Cup squad members playing at home or abroad
want to know how many member of Brazil's and Argentina's world Cup squads over the years played their club football in their home nations? I thought so.
Squash
Squash balls
What the dots mean.
General
Ball size comparisons
If you've ever wondered how big a lacrosse ball is compared to a jai alai ball, well, here's the thing for you.
Most successful North American cities
In baseball, basketball, (American) football, and (ice) hockey.
Pitch dimensions of different football codes
Comparing the sizes of American football, Association football, Australian Rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, and Rugby League, and Rugby Union pitches.
Soviet and post-Soviet Olympic medal count
How well have the former Soviet nations done since the end of the Soviet Union?
Women's sport
A typical man's interest.