May 21- Sports

It is my deepest pleasure to write this question today, because I believe it captures the essence of The Daily Question more than any question so far. The original reason I started the blog was so that I would have an excuse to ask questions, and, more importantly, have an excuse to look it up. The background of this story begins with my baseball team watching the Varsity Team during a game. Awhile into the game, (baseball is a dreadfully long sport) one of the guys looks up and says "I wonder if a bird has ever gotten hit by a pitch..?" Of course, I thought to myself wow that might be a pretty good daily question... has a bird ever gotten hit by a pi....
And then, before the thought could even be completed, another player looks up and says the date, the player who hit the bird, and team he was on. I was stunned. I certainly didn't know that, but someone else on my team did, and that is the point of the blog. To find the daily dose of intellectual awesomeness in each other. Not to post random facts each day, but to actively encourage myself, and hopefully my readers to search for the random, the ridiculous, the unknown, because isn't that what learning is about? So with that little sentimental Daily Thought, I give today's Daily Question: Who most recently hit a bird with a pitch in a major league game, and what team was he on?







His name was Randy Johnson, and he happened to be playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 24, 2001 when he hit an unlucky dove.

April 30- Sports

Since it is late and I am tired, I am sad to inform you that there will be no customary paragraph long introduction. This is just a question that popped into my head, and being that today is sports day, I though I'd ask. So today's question is: What was the first sport televised in the U.S.?




The first sport was baseball. It was between Princeton and Columbia. Princeton won.

April 23- Sports

Wow, aren't you guys lucky. I plum forgot that Thursday is SPORTS day, and Friday is MUSIC day. So, the only possible solution is I do another question today about sports, and one tomorrow about music. Anyway, this question has to do with America's pastime, Baseball. Since the 1870's, baseball has been a huge American sport, but as the sport became popular, people wanted to watch better players, and so came Major League Baseball. And with these new teams, stadiums were built. Which brings me to my question: Where was the oldest MLB stadium built. (Bonus: when was it built?)




The oldest MLB stadium was built in Boston in 1871. It belonged to the Boston Braves, and was called South End Grounds.

For more info visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums