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Baseball is a game involving idiots…
September 6, 2013 by TimHughes · 2 Comments
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.
Filed under: Post Civil War, The Collectible Community, The Hobby, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: base ball, baseball, Brazil, sports

