Talk about trust issues.

Ty Cobb's dad thinking his wife a cheater, snuck in to catch her in the act. She thinking he was a prowler, shot/killed him with a shotgun.

"Baseball is something like a war."

— Ty Cobb

Rube Waddell would leave games to chase fire trucks when he would hear sirens.

Rube Waddell threw 349 strikeouts in 1904, the record for American League lefties. And could be distracted by puppies or shiny things.

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was written in 1908 by Jack Norworth on the subway on his way to his *first* baseball game.

@eliduke It's 2012 and @flickr still doesn't support non-flash video playback on iOS. Shameful.

1906 Chicago Cubs.
116 W 36 L.

The best season ever played by one of the best teams ever. Still they lost the Series to the White Sox.

Baseball has been so far ahead of the curve in some ways, but so terribly behind in others.

In the 1905 World Series, Christy Mathewson threw 3 shut outs in 6 days. 27 innings and not a single run. The best World Series pitching.

RT @wycats: @headius JRuby is the best Runy on Windows

There was no World Series in 1904. The New York Giants' Manager John McGraw refused to play just to spite MLB Commissioner Ban Johnson.

@defiler @johnmusser It's like AirBNB for Facebook apps.

PS I'm watching the second inning of Ken Burns' Baseball.

Baseball is older than human flight.