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Much of the design for this page has been pilfered from the one used by Muboshgu, who I consider to be the finest content creator in WikiProject Baseball. The following are the hooks from the articles for which I have been granted DYK credit (this doesn not mean that I was the only editor to work on the article or even that I wrote the hook, only that I did enough of the work on the article to receive credit when it was featured as a DYK):

Did you know...

... that umpire Bill Hohn once fist-bumped a player following the conclusion of a game?
... that Andy Dirks gained celebrity status in the Dominican Republic due to his performance in the Dominican Winter League's postseason?
... that in 2010, minor league baseball shortstop Audy Ciriaco had three separate absences caused by contusions to either his left hand or wrist?
... that Caleb Moore became the first competitor to die as a result of injuries sustained during the X Games?
... that minor league baseball player Ben Guez changed teams five different times during the 2010 season?
... that Bruce Rondón, a Venezuelan baseball player, was described as a "rare talent" by Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski?
... that baseball umpire Fieldin Culbreth umpired in the first no-hitter's thrown by pitchers for both the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets?
... that baseball pitcher Darin Downs had to regain the ability to speak after being hit in the head by a batted ball?
... that replacement baseball umpire Joe Padilla once operated a grill-cleaning business?
... that baseball pitcher Eric King was credited with three complete games and three saves in his rookie season?
... that former baseball player Chris Bando once posted a .139 batting average only a season after batting .291?
... that Jim Thome, Sammy Sosa, Albert Pujols, and Mark McGwire have all won the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award?