Uncle John's Truth, Trivia, and the Pursuit of Factiness Bathroom Reader by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Author:Bathroom Readers' Institute
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Portable Press

176 countries have fewer citizens than the city of Beijing, China (21.5 million).

BALTIMORE ORIOLES vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS

Beyond riots and field rushes, forfeits can also come about as a result of relatively peaceful situations. On September 15, 1977, rain threatened a game at Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium between the Blue Jays and the visiting Baltimore Orioles. Officials ordered the grounds crew to place a tarp over the two pitcher’s mounds in the Blue Jays’ bullpen, which sat in foul territory just by left field. The Blue Jays cruised to a 4–0 lead by the bottom of the fifth inning, which is when Orioles manager Earl Weaver told umpire Marty Springstead that he had a problem—those bullpen tarps were wet, and since it was just outside the field of play, one of his outfielders could feasibly slip or trip on it while trying to catch a fly ball. Weaver refused to send his players out onto the field until officials removed the wet tarps, and Springstead compromised, removing one tarp—the one closest to the foul line. That wasn’t good enough for Weaver, who argued with Springstead for 20 minutes before returning to the dugout at an impasse. When the Orioles, per Weaver’s direction, did not take the field, Springstead called the game a forfeit: the Blue Jays “won,” 9–0.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

For decades, “Free Ball Night” has been a fun team promotion—paying customers receive a free baseball emblazoned with the team logo. Nowadays they’re given out as fans leave the stadium, rather than when they arrive, specifically because of what happened at Dodger Stadium on August 10, 1995. That night, thousands of Dodgers fans had these hard projectiles in their hands when a game against the visiting Cardinals soured over some controversial calls. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Dodgers sent batter Raul Mondesi to the plate, with the team down 2–1. He was called out on strikes, then argued the call with umpire Jim Quick, who ejected Mondesi from the game. That upset Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda. He stormed out of the dugout to give Quick a piece of his mind. That, in turn, prompted Dodgers fans to protest, which they did by hurling their “Ball Night” balls onto the field, aiming for Cardinals players. The Cards immediately fled the field. When the balls stopped raining down, they returned to the field, only to have fans in the center field section start throwing balls at them again. Umpires had no choice but to call the game out of safety concerns, in favor of the Cardinals.

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