FUN Ball FACTS by PhoneSex Mama Gayle
No, I’m not a fan of sports but I do love balls
Sports crap even I thought was cool……
During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
.Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
.Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
.Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
.At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
.All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
.At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
.A ‘face-off’ in hockey was originally called a ‘puck-off’.
.Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho once scored all 23 goals for his youth team in a 23-0 win. He was 13 years old at the time.
.Track athletes are most likely to break records later in the day, when their body temperatures are highest.
.Fishing is the most popular participant sport in the world.
.Basketball and rugby balls are made from synthetic material. Earlier, pigs’ bladders were used as rugby balls.
.The high jump method of jumping head first and landing on the back is called the Fosbury Flop.
.A badminton shuttle easily travels 180 km/h (112 mph).
.The Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season.
.In bowling, 3 strikes in a row is a turkey.In the 1800s, at holiday time, the 1st team member to score 3 strikes in a row won a free turkey.
.Babe Ruth was the first baseball player credited to ordering a bat with a knob on it. They were produced by Louisville Slugger in 1919.
.North Korea ACTUALLY HIRED Chinese actors to show up to the World Cup and cheer for their team in the stands.
.Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
.Golf is the only sport to be played on the moon. There are still 2 golf balls sitting on the moon right now.
See, I told ya they were cool….
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