| Just For Fun! This page and its links are here for two of the reasons we play the game: Fun and Entertainment |
| Click here for details of a new 'mockumentary' about a visit by Mahatma Gandhi to Yankee Stadium in 1933. |
| (Of course not, but click here for my spin on a classic baseball routine.) |
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| Baseball has its share of creation myths: |
| This song can be used by or easily modified for any vintage base ball club in Texas. If anyone needs help changing or adding to the lyrics, drop me a line. |
| James Earl Jones gave us one of the most memorable baseball speeches ever and, as many are aware, he also provided the voice of Darth Vader. For some time, my Muses have been urging me to create this bit of silliness. Enjoy. |
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This is probably as good a place as any to put the link to a page I've called "Miscellaneous Items". These are just notes, articles and photos that didn't seem to fit anyplace else. |
| When I give talks about the history of baseball, I always note that the game evolved over the years and probably never had a real beginning. However, if my audience is of the younger set, I tell them that I like to imagine that about a million years ago, some caveman picked up a rock and threw it at another who picked up a club and struck it...and then all the other cavemen jumped up and did the wave. Recently, while surfing eBay, I ran across these two 8" plastic figurines that are part of a collection of historical warriors. But the more I looked at them, the more I realized they weren't in fighting poses, but rather, they represented mankind's very first ball players. So I decided to buy them, paint them and add them to my traveling display of baseball history. ________________________ Gar and Lar are now honorary members of the Texas Vintage Base Ball League. |