25 Random Bits of Trivia About Sports That Slammed Into the Wall Trying to Catch What Ended Up Being A Home Run

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25 Random Bits of Trivia About Sports That Slammed Into the Wall Trying to Catch What Ended Up Being A Home Run
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We don’t know if your brain has any medical experience, but these sports facts should definitely be put through concussion protocol. It won’t do it much good to read concussed facts anyways, since their information is probably a little hazy. If it’s inexperienced in this field, we can get our staff on it real quick. They can assess the damage, and let you know how long it’ll be till they’re game ready. 

Well, would you look at that? They’ve been cleared already! Sorry for the delay, but better safe than sorry, you know?

Costumes in Major League Baseball

A baseball manager tried to get on the field in a comic book-level disguise. They ejected him from a game, so he got back with a mustache and fake glasses. Не was recognized right away. CRACKED.COM

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Merle Hapes

Merle Hapes LIFETIME BAN CRACKED.COM In 1946, the Mayor of New York confronted two Giants players about a bribery scheme to throw the NFL Championship Game. Neither Hapes nor teammate Frank Filchock actually took a bribe, but Hapes made the mistake of admitting that it was offered. For his honesty, he was banned from the league for life.

Lingerie Football

Sports Reinvented ALFLA N THE LINGERIE FOOTBALL LEAGUE The concept of scantily clad girls playing football premiered as the Lingerie Bowl at the 2004 Super Bowl. It began its inaugural season in September 2009, and in 2013 rebranded to the Legends Football League (based in Vegas, of course.) CRACKED

Hand Signals in Baseball

The baseball hand signals were invented by a 19th century deaf player. DI S GRACKED.COM William Ellsworth Dum- my Hoy played for sev- eral teams from 1888 to 1902 and is sometimes credited with developing the hand signals used by umpires to this day.

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Emergency Backup Goalies

Any jerk at the game could become the goalie HOCKEY CRACKED.COM Every NHL team has a spare goalie waiting in the wings, though they're rarely called upon. Rarer still, if they blow through two goalies in one game, they can sign any ol' schmoe for a one-game contract. In 2020, zamboni driver David Ayres got to play a game for the Carolina Hurricanes. He won!

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Art Folz

Art Folz LIFETIME BAN CRACKED.co In 1925, he supposedly tricked a local high school football team into playing against the Chicago Cardinals, in order to beef up their record to make the 1925 NFL Championship.

Billy Coutu’s Ban

Billy Coutu LIFETIME BAN CRACKED.COM In the middle of the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals, Coutu's coach allegedly told him to go start a fight. The Wild Beaver artfully orchestrated the brawl by... beating the sh* out of two referees. He's still the only NHL player ever banned from the league for life.

Meat Loaf

Four years after a terrible performance at the Australian Football League Grand Final in 2011 Meat Loaf apologized to all the people of Australia. I

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