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Baseball is a game involving idiots…

The Cleveland Daily Herald” issue of May 15, 1876 [1] 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 [1]. [2]

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#1 Comment By Joe On 09/17/2013 @ 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 Comment By Tim Hughes On 09/18/2013 @ 5:29 am

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