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Fact: Canadian Glen Gorbous holds the record for farthest baseball thrown at 445 ft. 10 inches on August 1, 1957.

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Source: Baseball Almanac

In December 2012, the Detroit Tigers signed Anibal Sanchez to a five-year, $80 million contract, bolstering one of the best starting rotations in baseball.

And this season, Sanchez has gone out and defended his mega deal.

Sanchez's deal was one of the more polarizing contract agreements in Tigers recent memory, igniting outrage from some fans, and elation for others.

Fact: Of the 360 MLB pitchers who started this season, 124, or more than one-third, have had Tommy John surgery.

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Teams throughout the Cincinnati Reds farm system are coming into the final games of the 2013 season. Players have proven just about all they can to this point, but some are still fighting for positions on the Reds' roster when they expand to 40 players on September 1st.

Certain prospects, including some on this list, already have a spot on the 40-man roster and will make their way to Cincinnati next week. Others used last week and this one as well as a springboard to the Queen City for the playoff stretch.

Watch a ballgame or engage in a discussion about the sport, and there's a good chance you'll hear the phrase "back of the baseball card" uttered somewhere along the line.

The term is often used to explain that a streaking or slumping player will eventually perform somewhere in line with his career numbers, which can be found—you guessed it—on the back of his baseball card.

Fact: The Yankees have 9 players making $15 million or more this season. The rest of the American League teams have 12 combined.

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Source: ESPN Stats & Info

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Things have really come together for the surging Tampa Bay Rays in the past month. With yesterday's big win in Boston, they've won six straight games and a franchise-record 21 of their last 25.

Let's take a look at how the Rays came from being last place in the AL East to just a half game out of first place and having the third-best record in baseball.

The Pitching

As the 2013 MLB regular approaches the All-Star break, the Colorado Rockies are gearing up to make a playoff push in the second half.

Similar to last season, injury has defined this very talented ball club through the majority of the first half. However, all the pieces are beginning to fall back into place for the Rox, who have a legitimate shot to compete in a mediocre NL West.

Fact: The actual playing time in an MLB game is nine minutes and 55 seconds, despite routinely finishing at around three hours.

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Have you seen what Houston Astros slugger Chris Carter is doing these days?

No, not those 15 homers.

Try those 108 strikeouts.