Baseball is a game involving idiots…

September 6, 2013 by  
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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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2 Responses to “Baseball is a game involving idiots…”

  1. Joe on September 17th, 2013 4:34 pm

    This letter was penned by Alphonso M. Griswold, aka “Gris,” a famous 19th century humorist. Just in case anyone thought it real.

  2. Tim Hughes on September 18th, 2013 5:29 am

    Joe – Thanks for the information. I would have suspected as much; a bit too outlandish to be “real”.

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