Back to the Oakland Athletics Newsfeed

2B Not Exactly Sorting Itself Out Yet

First and foremost: Happy Leap Day! On this rarest of days we begin with some Leap Day lore. I have only known one person who was born on Leap Day, a caretaker for my grandmother decades ago, and I don’t know if she is still alive but I think today would be around her 22nd birthday.

Now, channeling Bill Nye the Science Guy here’s Nico the Science Bro...We have a Leap Day because it actually takes the earth 365.2422 days to circle the sun, which happens to be exactly the same time it takes a Tommy Milone fastball to reach home plate.