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Monday, March 21, 2011

The real invention of baseball

Posted by Joe Distelheim
Dave Studeman's scholarly review on this page of John Thorn's scholarly book on the origins of baseball can be topped only by Bob Newhart's classic revelation of the game's roots.

Listen and laugh.




Joe Distelheim is chief copy editor for The Hardball Times website. He welcomes comments and suggestions via e-mail.

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Greg Simons said...

Hilarious, Joe. Thanks for the link.

Posted 03/22  at  11:30 AM
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