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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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    It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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