Yesterday was the birthday of Abner Doubleday. Gen Doubleday was a Civil War Hero but he is the mythic founder of baseball. His name often comes up as the creator of the rules of baseball. But this has been proven an absolute falsehood and myth. It was perpetrated because early on some wanted to show…Read more »
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Opening Day Hooray!
Hooray! Yesterday was Opening Day for Major League Baseball. The Yankees and the Red Sox initiated the 2010 season with last night’s game. (Wasn’t that something to see Neil Diamond singing “Sweet Caroline”?Although Steve Tyler of Aerosmith singing “God Bless America at the seventh inning stretch left poor Kate Smith spinning in her grave!) Today the…Read more »