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Babe Ruth started his career as a pitcher - and pitched the entirety of what is still the longest World Series game ever in 1916

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Babe Ruth is credited as the starting pitcher in the first ever combined no-hitter. He walked the first batter and was ejected for arguing and punching the umpire, and then his replacement pitched a perfect no-hitter.

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1. Tigers' pitcher Mickey Lolich was called to active duty in the Michigan Air National Guard to help quell the 1967 Detroit Riot. He faced death threats upon returning and the FBI placed snipers on the stadium rood to monitor his next two starts. The next year, he won World Series MVP

2. Green pitcher plant enters period of dormancy at the end of the summer when bogs start to dry.

3. In 1919 Ray Caldwell was the starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians against the Philadelphia A's. After 8 2/3 innings he was winning 2-1 and on the mound when struck by lightening. He recovered in about 5 minutes and pitched the last out to win the game.

4. Andy Marte, a former Major League Baseball player’s last appearance in a game was against the Kansas City Royals on August 6th, 2014. The starting pitcher for the Royals that day was Yordano Ventura. Both men would later die on the same day in unrelated car crashes on January 22, 2017

5. On 9/24/88, Blue Jays' pitcher Dave Stieb had a no-hitter broken up with two outs and two strikes in the ninth. In his very next start (9/30/88), he had a no-hitter broken up -- with two outs and two strikes in the ninth.

6. I’m 1917 Ernie Shore threw a perfect game but is only credit with a combined no-hitter because the starting pitcher was ejected after walking the first batter and punching the empire in the face. That starting pitcher was Babe Ruth.

7. In 1982, Atlanta Braves pitcher Pascual Perez, who just got his drivers license, got lost on Interstate 285 (a loop), while driving to a game he was scheduled to start. He could not find his exit, and circled the city several times, before eventually running out of gas and missing the game.

8. Don Larsen threw out the first pitch to Yogi Berra on Yogi Berra day at Yankee Stadium (July 18, 1999) to honor his perfect game in the 1956 World Series. The Yankees starting pitcher for the game, Dave Cone, went on to throw a perfect game that day.

9. In 1993 Jim Abbott, a one armed professional baseball pitcher, threw a No-Hitter for the Yankees on his 27th start with a 4.31 ERA.

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner dated a girl when he was in high school who was named Madison Bumgarner.

In 2007, the Indians flew Danielle Peck to sing the national anthem for ALCS Game 5. Peck was Josh Beckett's ex-gf the Red Sox Game 5 Starting Pitcher. - source

Pitcher Doug Stieb had 4 no-hitters broken up in the 9th inning, two of which came in consecutive starts in 1988 - source

There was an MLB pitcher that started his career at the age of 15. He gave up 5 Earned Runs in his one and only appearance. He voluntarily retired after this appearance..... until the age of 23. He then went on to appear in two All-star games and had a very good career.