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To: digger48
Nobody around our parts had ever even heard of t-ball in 1961.

If you can believe Wikipedia:

A Tee Ball trademark was registered with the United States government by Dayton Hobbs[1] in the early 1970s, but the game's origins date back to at least the 1940s and 50s with several people claiming to be the father of the game. Claude Lewis, director of the Warner Robins, Georgia Recreation Department, formed a tee-ball league in March 1958. 20 children played the first year. Lewis designed rules for the new game and mailed the rule books out to rec departments all over the country and overseas. Albion, Michigan claims to be the place of invention for the sport in 1956,[2] though Starkville, Mississippi makes a similar claim that Tee Ball was invented in their town in 1961. According to the Starkville Rotary Club's website: "In 1961, when it was apparent that younger children needed some way to participate in the program, Rotarians Dr. Clyde Muse and W. W. Littlejohn devised the game of T-Ball and added it to the summer baseball program."[3] Dr. Hobbs has credited the United States Navy with spreading the game overseas. U.S. presidents since Ronald Reagan have hosted T-Ball games on the South Lawn of the White House.
I would prefer to hear Gov. Abercrombie himself on this before I start jumping up and down.
134 posted on 01/24/2011 1:58:22 PM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: upchuck

I would prefer to hear Gov. Abercrombie himself on this before I start jumping up and down.


Yes, let us hear from Gov Abercommie on this

Do you think we will ???


188 posted on 01/24/2011 2:13:59 PM PST by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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