Fun Fact Friday - Sports?

You may have noticed, dear reader, that I don't often do fun facts about sports. In fact, I don't think I have ever done one. But today, after toying around with the idea of Napoleon's testicle, I decided to broaden my horizons. Tackle sports, if you will. And though I don't often, I will apologize for that pun. I can't be sophisticated with my word play when I am trying so hard to make sports trivia interesting to myself.

Also, for those of you interested in Napoleon's testicle, I'm sure I'll get past just playing around with it in the future. Fear not, brave reader. But now to sports!

Fun fact: Babe Ruth kept cool during baseball games by wearing a cabbage leaf in his hat.

Now, you may be saying, "Hey! This is really more of a vegetable fact!" No. Babe Ruth. Baseball. Sports.

"I have three bats. Because I'm a bad ass mother fucker." - Babe Ruth

Apparently he changed it every two innings. And then saved the used leaves to make a delicious meal with some carrots and potatoes.

Truth be told, I do not know what he did with the retired - and probably wilted - cabbage leaves. A sports mystery for the ages apparently! But if you are looking to keep cool like the bambino, some accounts allege that it was a wet cabbage leaf. And may I also recommend Brussels sprouts for the balls?

Cabbages are BAMFs too. Just because.

Testicles aside, I will admit there is a lovely, if somewhat clumsy, sort of poetry about keeping part of one's head cool with part of another head. So here's to cabbage! And to Babe Ruth, too. Because let's be real: he's one of the only baseball players I know.