1845: Alexander Cartwright published a set of baseball rules for the Knickerbocker Club of New York, and his rules were widely adopted.

2012: Baseball & Softball will not be played in the London Olympic Games.

108: Stitches in a baseball, The Physics of Baseball

Retired MLB Baseball Uniform #s

5/56/1941: Joe DiMaggio, the last Yankee to wear #5, hit safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941. "Joltin' Joe " then started a hitting streak of 17 games.

Excerpts from DiMaggio’s Autobiography, "Lucky to Be a Yankee"

"The first requisite of the good hitter is confidence. No player can be a hitter without it. Relax -- be yourself up at that plate. Such advice had been handed down to me by fellows who knew what they were talking about--Cobb, Lefty O’Doul, Cronin, Ruth. If there is fear in your heart that you might not hit or that the pitcher might hit you, you might as well give up baseball. There are lots of pitchers who will deliberately aim one close to your body to scare you away from the plate. That’s all part of the game."

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