“HEY, DIERKER! I’M FEELING SOME SUDDEN VIOLENT EXERTION! WHAT DO YOU SAY WE DITCH THESE BOARDS AND GO CHILL OUT AT THE GYM?”
A 19th Century Report from Galveston
“Base Ball – An effort is being made by the young men to establish a Base Ball club. This is not the first instance in which the attempt has been made. We do not believe that base ball is the game for our climate. Base ball is the game that exposes the player to the sun and to brief, violent exertion. This sort of exercise is healthful in colder climates. Our gymnastic exercise needs longer time and less violence, with little or no exposure to the sun. A covered gymnasium, will, we think, better serve the purpose of aspiring athletes than the ball field.”
~ Galveston Flakes Daily Bulletin, May 24, 1867, Page 5.
The Pecan Park Eagle 
June 17, 2014 at 3:01 pm |
Maybe they should have considered playing base ball indoors.
June 17, 2014 at 8:01 pm |
Tal – Too bad you could not have been around to advise those base ball back-in-the-day dissenting Galvestonians: “Want base ball? Be the first to promote the Texas solution.Think Astrodome.”
June 17, 2014 at 10:26 pm
…or Galvezdome!
June 17, 2014 at 3:33 pm |
or combine the waters of the gulf into the game in some manner. “Waterball” or “BaseH2O” or similar?