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Modern Baseball Traced to Ancient Greeks
The Stanford Daily ^ | May 5, 1926 | Edward Sibbett

Posted on 02/06/2016 3:03:42 PM PST by Fai Mao

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It is two weeks until pitchers and catchers report and I am getting antsy
1 posted on 02/06/2016 3:03:42 PM PST by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao

The Greeks *are* known for their pitchers and catchers.


2 posted on 02/06/2016 3:05:22 PM PST by twister881
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To: twister881

They separate the men from the boys with a crowbar.


3 posted on 02/06/2016 3:06:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Fai Mao

If the Tigers don’t win it all, it will be Brad Ausmus’ fault.


4 posted on 02/06/2016 3:06:44 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Fai Mao

Thought for a moment that read you are “getting nasty”


5 posted on 02/06/2016 3:07:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Fai Mao

Read the first sentence. It’s nonsense. No need to read further. If they don’t even know how long baseball has been around in the modern sense, the chances that they know anything about ancient history are pretty much nil.


6 posted on 02/06/2016 3:11:20 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Fai Mao

The Greeks invented the Free Agent, the suicide squeeze, and the Designated Hitter.


7 posted on 02/06/2016 3:11:37 PM PST by centurion316
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To: Fai Mao
Baseball, as baseball, is not yet half a century old.

I wonder that game was that I used to play in Little League.

8 posted on 02/06/2016 3:13:28 PM PST by Ken H
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"Baseball, as baseball, is not yet half a century old"

Not sure what is meant by that but they were playing Bball during the Civil War and there were some reports of a news story in a Boston paper back in the 1600's where "ball playing was allowed (or not)" on Boston Common (sticks were used to hit the ball and people ran bases).

9 posted on 02/06/2016 3:13:44 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: centurion316

Ah and the all important question: who is the pitcher and who is the catcher. ;)


10 posted on 02/06/2016 3:14:00 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Fai Mao

That was a joke, by the way. I did read the date. ;-)


11 posted on 02/06/2016 3:16:06 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Fai Mao

“Pitchers And Catchers Report”......Only the greatest statement ever! Always has been, always will be! Major League Baseball is back and everything in the Universe aligns!!


12 posted on 02/06/2016 3:19:25 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: Fai Mao
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13 posted on 02/06/2016 3:30:03 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: centurion316

Abner Doublepopalopusday?


14 posted on 02/06/2016 3:41:50 PM PST by buckalfa (I am feeling much better now.)
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To: SkyDancer

The article is from 1926 :-)


15 posted on 02/06/2016 4:44:45 PM PST by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: Fai Mao
Yeah, spring training at last! What a pity the United States doesn't have a major sport to tide us over between the World Series and spring training. Well, there's curling, I guess.

That said, baseball is an American sport, invented by Americans. In ancient Greece. I know this because it has been at least that long since the Mariners had a winning season.

16 posted on 02/06/2016 4:49:16 PM PST by Billthedrill
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Teaches me not to read full story but just go by the header. (red faced)


17 posted on 02/06/2016 5:01:41 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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The big question this year will be whether Dusty swallows the toothpick and what will F.P. say.


18 posted on 02/06/2016 5:03:24 PM PST by this_ol_patriot
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I know this because it has been at least that long since the Mariners had a winning season.

Not so fast!

Last season was not without its significant accomplishments for the Mariners.

For example, they promoted a young pitcher to the majors who won that prized spot as the very last name in the Baseball Encyclopedia: Tony Z...Y...C...H

19 posted on 02/06/2016 5:07:35 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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“The big question this year will be whether Dusty swallows the toothpick and what will F.P. say.”

‘Rally choke.’

Obviously.

Freegards


20 posted on 02/06/2016 6:00:26 PM PST by Ransomed
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