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The shortest professional baseball game ever played took 47 minutes. It was June of 1966, and on their way to a World Series title the Orioles stopped in California to take 3 of 4 from the Angels, winning the second game 1-0. In that game, every batter swung at the first pitch, only Andy...
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According to the guys over at Baseball Prospectus, the only left-handed batter* in Major League history to hit for the cycle the day after going hitless, in an away game against a division rival, facing a lefty, on a day when the team’s hotel had no hot water, using someone else’s bat, for a...
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