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?