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Obscure Stat of the Day: Home Court Advantage

The 2008 NBA Playoffs have redefined the importance of home court advantage, but it was the 1990-91 Chicago Bulls who won a record 15 consecutive home games in the playoffs.
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Obscure Stat of the Day: Finish Him!

There were an average of .54 fights per game during the 2007-2008 NHL regular season.Â
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Obscure Stat of the Day: Sweet Sixteen

The most goals scored by a single player in a soccer match is 16 by Panagiotis Pontikos of the Olympos Xylofagou in a game in Cyprus’ third division.
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Obscure Stat of the Day: Bad Things Come in Threes

May is the most prolific month for triple plays with 126 occuring during the second month of the season.
May has also hosted 5 out of 14 unassisted triple plays in baseball history, the most of any month.
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Obscure Stat of the Day: Doing It for Mom

The only Major League player to hit for the cycle with a pink bat is Fred Lewis of the San Francisco Giants who accomplished the feat on May 13, 2007.
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Obscure Stat of the Day: The Final Countdown

Beginning in the 1946-47 season, NHL teams were required to announce “last minute of play in this period.”
This is actually code for “go to the bathroom/food stand and miss the last-second, game-winning goal.”Â
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Obscure Stat of the Day: The Tall and Short of It

The tallest player in MLB history is Jon Rauch of the Washington Nationals at a whopping 6′11″ tall.
That means he stands 3′4″ taller than the 3′7″ Eddie Gaedel, the shortest player of all time.Â
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