1889
The embark on a world tour to promote the game, playing in front of Egyptian bedouin and posing for pictures atop the Sphinx.
1962
Dominican pitcher suffers a cramp and nearly drowns while spearfishing in the Caribbean.
1963
During a hunting trip just before his first full major league season, future Hall of Fame pitcher shoots off his right pinkie toe.
1968
First baseman , during a trip to Peking to buy fireworks for his brother鈥檚 pyrotechnics company, smacks a ball over the Great Wall of China.
2006
San Francisco Giants pitcher surfs a remote wave in Tavarua, Fiji鈥攁 wave Surfer magazine credits Rob Machado with discovering the following year.
2010
Venezuelan infielder , one of MLB鈥檚 oldest active player, takes a one-day crash course in bullfighting.
2011
During a fishing trip in Brazil, Phillies pitcher helps save a native Amazonian after an anaconda bites him on the backside and rips the motor off his boat.
2012
In January, New York Mets pitcher climbs Mount Kilimanjaro, despite his club鈥檚 threat to void his $4.3 million contract if he鈥檚 injured. Says Dickey, 鈥淚 would never tell someone to summit Everest in the off-season. But Kilimanjaro? That鈥檚 a different story.鈥