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Major League Baseball

North American professional baseball league

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Dec 14, 2025
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How does the percentage of Black players in the NFL compare to other major U.S. sports leagues in 2025?

In the NFL, Black or African American players made up just over 53% of rosters in 2023 — a majority share that sources report continued into mid‑decade discussions . By contrast Major League Baseball’...

Dec 18, 2025
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How does racial diversity in the NFL compare to other major U.S. sports leagues in 2025?

By player demographics the NFL remains one of the most racially concentrated leagues in North America—closely trailing the NBA for the highest share of Black/African American players—while Major Leagu...

Nov 28, 2025
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True or False? The Beatles were the first band to play at a Baseball Stadium?

The claim “The Beatles were the first band to play at a baseball stadium” is partly true in the commonly told sense that their August 15, 1965 Shea Stadium show is widely credited as the first major s...

Dec 13, 2025

What are the current hall of fame voting trends for first basemen?

First-base candidates are not dominant on recent BBWAA ballots: in the 2025 BBWAA vote no player listed as a primary first baseman was elected, and only a few position players who spent significant ti...

Dec 1, 2025

How were draft lottery numbers used in draft board decisions and induction orders?

The Selective Service lottery paired calendar birth dates with sequence numbers 1–365 (or 366) to set the order in which men of draft-age cohorts were processed and inducted; induction notices were th...

Nov 15, 2025

How pervasive is gambling in Professional sports

Gambling is deeply entwined with professional sports historically and especially since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban in 2018; bettors have wagered more than $330 billion across st...

Oct 28, 2025

Did any US president own a basketball team?

No credible reporting in the provided documents indicates that any U.S. president has ever owned a professional basketball team; the sources instead document and presidential candidates, with particul...

Jan 6, 2026

What are the legal and broadcasting restrictions on streaming events that run opposite exclusive broadcast rights like the Super Bowl?

Exclusive media rights mean leagues and event owners control where and how a game is shown, and streaming an opposing live event that infringes those rights exposes platforms and streamers to copyrigh...

Dec 2, 2025

How did the Fox sports scandal affect the network's ratings in 2025?

Fox Sports faced multiple high-profile personnel and legal scandals across 2025 — including sexual-misconduct lawsuits that named talent and executives (Joy Taylor, Skip Bayless, Charlie Dixon) and th...

Nov 25, 2025

Which prominent politicians, entertainers, or business leaders received similar draft outcomes and why?

Available sources focus on recent professional sports drafts (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) and prospect rankings; they do not discuss draft outcomes for politicians, entertainers, or business leaders or explai...

Nov 21, 2025

Which sports or academic programs currently retain professional status in 2025 and why?

Professional status in 2025 remains concentrated in established major-team and global commercial sports — the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and top international competitions — driven by large media rights,...

Nov 14, 2025

How many balls are used in a regular baseball game

Major League Baseball games typically use far more baseballs than casual viewers expect: most reporting and equipment accounts put the common range at about 96–120 baseballs per nine‑inning MLB game, ...

Nov 2, 2025

Was catfish hunter a southpaw?

Catfish Hunter was a pitcher throughout his professional career; he was not a southpaw. Multiple contemporary and retrospective records — including his Hall of Fame profile and major baseball referenc...