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Baseball is a game involving idiots…
September 6, 2013 by TimHughes Email This Post
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The “Cleveland Daily Herald” issue of May 15, 1876 has an interesting perspective on the game of baseball, as provided by a Brazilian (see below). The entire article may be viewed at: Dom Pedro’s Views of the National Game.
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This letter was penned by Alphonso M. Griswold, aka “Gris,” a famous 19th century humorist. Just in case anyone thought it real.
Joe – Thanks for the information. I would have suspected as much; a bit too outlandish to be “real”.