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Post by N2Sports on Jul 31, 2005 23:08:32 GMT -5
Ok, just a little fun pole for you guys. I do know the correct answer, and just want to know who knows a little about our national pastime. So who do you guys think it is?
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Post by sep on Jul 31, 2005 23:10:53 GMT -5
Doubleday was my guess.
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Post by Alex Confer on Jul 31, 2005 23:12:35 GMT -5
Doubleday, the name sounds familiar.
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Post by N2Sports on Jul 31, 2005 23:15:02 GMT -5
You can PM if yall want to know if you are correct or not. Sorry if this is spamming, just don't want to give the answer so everybody can see.
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Post by Alex Confer on Jul 31, 2005 23:16:30 GMT -5
Well, it can always be Googled. That's what I did following my selection.
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Post by bravest on Jul 31, 2005 23:23:19 GMT -5
I knew it was Doubleday... I didn't have to cheat...  |
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Post by Buzz Killington on Aug 1, 2005 7:35:42 GMT -5
WRONG! Alexander Cartwright invented baseball, even though Doubleday was a West Point grad. The baseball field is named after Doubleday, but he did not invent baseball.
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Post by JETS393 on Aug 1, 2005 9:47:50 GMT -5
Yeah its Cartwright
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Post by sep on Aug 1, 2005 9:50:11 GMT -5
yes it is, but not Alexander, its Roy. |
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Post by Buzz Killington on Aug 1, 2005 10:48:50 GMT -5
No sep, Roy Cartwright is a Professor of Art at the University of Cincinatti, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.
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Post by sep on Aug 1, 2005 13:28:26 GMT -5
thats not what N2S said.......
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Post by Buzz Killington on Aug 1, 2005 13:30:47 GMT -5
Well N2Sports is wrong.
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Post by N2Sports on Aug 1, 2005 14:18:30 GMT -5
Well guys the book I have says Roy Cartwright was the true inventor of baseball. I will type exactly what the book says later.
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Post by N2Sports on Aug 1, 2005 14:20:36 GMT -5
Oops, we are all kinda right except the Doubleday thing. His name was Alexander JOY Cartwright. It just calls him Joy throughout the book. So Alexander, and Joy are the same person. My fault, I just found a picture in the back where his name was Alexand Joy Cartwright(inventor of baseball)
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Post by N2Sports on Aug 1, 2005 14:24:54 GMT -5
Also, did you know that the good old George Washington used to play a little baseball back in the day. Him and his troops used to play during the Revolutionary War, at Valley Forge.
As for Abner Doubleday, he was known as the father of baseball. Because he was like the Johny Appleseed of baseball, he went from town to town spreading the news of the new game.
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Post by bravest on Aug 1, 2005 19:12:06 GMT -5
Then why don't they teach us this in history class? |
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Post by N2Sports on Aug 1, 2005 23:42:54 GMT -5
I know, and Abner Doubleday, was the one who shot the first shot at fort Sumter in the Civil War.
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Post by sep on Aug 1, 2005 23:46:18 GMT -5
You should add history buff along with baseball guru there N2S.
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Post by N2Sports on Aug 1, 2005 23:48:53 GMT -5
Well History, is my strongest subject, it's the only one that keeps me interested. Math, I fall asleep everyday, thats why im just now starting Alebra my Junior year. As for English, I love to write, just not about the stupid crap they want you to write, why is sports such a bad topic to teachers.
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Post by sep on Aug 1, 2005 23:51:18 GMT -5
wow that sounds exactly like me, excpet i fail math cause i already know what there teaching me so I dont even pay attention or do my HW, then when a test comes around I ace it and the teacher is like "wow, you must have cheated" well he doesnt say that but i know he thinks it.
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