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Take Me Out to the Ball[ot] Game -- Baseball, Women's Suffrage, and Trixie Friganza

Take Me Out to the Ball[ot] Game -- Baseball, W...

Ricardo, The following story is from today's Wall Street Journal.  Interesting to learn that TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME had its inspiration from a vaudeville star named Trixie...

Take Me Out to the Ball[ot] Game -- Baseball, W...

Ricardo, The following story is from today's Wall Street Journal.  Interesting to learn that TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME had its inspiration from a vaudeville star named Trixie...

Two Peoples Divided by a Common Ballad: The London Series, the Rise of Baseball in the UK, and an Ancient Legend

Two Peoples Divided by a Common Ballad: The Lon...

#LondonSeries #FestivalofBaseballUK #MLBintheUK @mlblondonseries @mlbuk @MLBUKCommunity @baseball_ref @thorn_john @SABR @baseballhof @BaseballBrit #CaseyattheBat  Among the many observances of baseball history this year is one that should not escape notice. On June...

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Two Peoples Divided by a Common Ballad: The Lon...

#LondonSeries #FestivalofBaseballUK #MLBintheUK @mlblondonseries @mlbuk @MLBUKCommunity @baseball_ref @thorn_john @SABR @baseballhof @BaseballBrit #CaseyattheBat  Among the many observances of baseball history this year is one that should not escape notice. On June...

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"The score stood four to two..."

"The score stood four to two..."

It's been 140 years since the epic "Battle of Brooklyn" between baseball rivals Harvard and Yale for the Inter-Collegiate championship. April 11, the birthday of Harvard's Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, seems...

"The score stood four to two..."

It's been 140 years since the epic "Battle of Brooklyn" between baseball rivals Harvard and Yale for the Inter-Collegiate championship. April 11, the birthday of Harvard's Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, seems...

The Mudville Hymn

The Mudville Hymn

Suppose the Bard of Concord, Ralph Waldo Emerson, had written "Casey at the Bat..."

The Mudville Hymn

Suppose the Bard of Concord, Ralph Waldo Emerson, had written "Casey at the Bat..."

The Raving: A Visit from Old Nick

The Raving: A Visit from Old Nick

What if Edgar Allan Poe--rather than Clement Clarke Moore--had written the poem better known by its first line, "'Twas the night before Christmas...?" This year’s submission to the Saturday "Visiter"...

The Raving: A Visit from Old Nick

What if Edgar Allan Poe--rather than Clement Clarke Moore--had written the poem better known by its first line, "'Twas the night before Christmas...?" This year’s submission to the Saturday "Visiter"...

Wanted by the FBI: Mighty Casey on the Ten Most Wanted List

Wanted by the FBI: Mighty Casey on the Ten Most...

Wanted: "The Mighty Casey" -- Height 7 feet; weight 600 pounds; bronze complexion, appears about 30 years old, but is considered "immortal." Once believed to be in hiding since an inglorious...

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Wanted by the FBI: Mighty Casey on the Ten Most...

Wanted: "The Mighty Casey" -- Height 7 feet; weight 600 pounds; bronze complexion, appears about 30 years old, but is considered "immortal." Once believed to be in hiding since an inglorious...

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