Bullpen carts...they're fun, they're silly, they are awesome. #mlb #mlbhistory

There have been reports accusing synthetic turf, specifically AstroTurf from Veteran's Stadium, of possibly causing the brain cancer deaths of Phillies and Royals of the 1980s. Ken Brett, Dan Quisenberry, Dick Howser, Tug McGraw, Johnny Oates, John Vukovich, Bobby Murcer all died of brain cancer.

Bert Shepard and Pete Gray are the only two amputees to ever play MLB.

Believe it or not, baseball was actually played at German POW camps in WWII. A small number of these men would eventually make it to MLB.

Everything you could possibly want to know about batting gloves. Batting gloves are ubiquitous in baseball today. But when did players start wearing them? Who was the first? How many gloves do players go through in a season? Why should anyone care?

Dan Quisenberry was a sidearm and submarine pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. He was part of the 1985 World Series championship team.

In the deadball era of baseball there were human mascots that teams employed because they thought they were lucky. These individuals perversely were considered luckier the tougher their situation in society. This included physically challenged and mentally challenged kids and adults.

Rick Ankiel suffered one of the more memorable attacks of the yips on national TV during the 2000 NLDS, breaking MLB records nobody wants.

RA Dickey battled a rough childhood with sexual abuse and a series of professional setbacks as he attempted to become a MLB pitcher. He eventually turned to the knuckle ball to save his career, becoming the best pitcher in the game in 2012.

Sam Nahem was a pitcher in the 1940s. He served in the Army Infantry in WWII and both managed and pitched for the OISE All-Stars. OISE won GI World Series which was played on the renamed "Soldier Field" in Nuremburg, Germany.