1. The National League and the American League played in the first All-Star game in 1933.
2. The National Baseball Hall of fame is located in Cooperstown. It was built in 1935 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball.
3. In the MLB, the distance between bases is 90 feet and from the pitchers mound to home plate is 60 feet and 8 inches to be exact.
4. Before 1859 umpires used to be seated in padded chairs behind home plate.
5. Pittsburgh and Boston played in the first World Series in 1903. Boston had won 5 games to 3 in the 9 game series.
6. Baseballs generally have 108 stitches per ball.
7. The American league and National League used to have different types of baseballs. Generally the American League balls were stitched with red and blue, and the National Leagues balls were stitched with red and black.
8. Mike Schmidt earned the first $500,000 salary in baseball of 1977.
9. The 1926 New York Giants still hold the record for the longest consecutive winning streak for 26 games.
10. Fenway Park in Boston is the oldest baseball stadium still in use.
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