wherein we celebrate the opening day (of baseball)
Posted in Accoutrements Collectibles And Antiquities, happy holidays, Old Timey News Reel, Revelry on March 31st, 2008 by thee
Base Ball
The Ball once struck off,
Away flies the Boy
To the next destin’d Post,
And the Home with Joy.
Published in 1744 by Anonymous, Base Ball is believed to be the first baseball poem ever published. We’ll be in section 321 of Safeco Field, our language will be a bit more colorful.
