A bit of baseball lore in celebration of the All Star Game tonight,...

[WCGreen]

The first testicular guard (Cup) was used in baseball in 1874 and the first
helmet was used in 1934.




It took 60 years for men to realize that the brain is also important!!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. LOL!

But don't they think with......nope, not going there!

:rofl:


Happy Tuesday to you, and thank you for the baseball lore!


:hi:

[SCantiGOP]

2. more trivia

There are only two days in the year when there is not a professional baseball, football, basketball or hockey game taking place: that is the day before and the day after the All Star game.

[bigwillq]

3. I was just asked that question

at a party over Fourth of July! :)

[charlie and algernon]

4. the Celebrity -- Old Timer softball game doesn't count?

isn't that played the day before the All-star game?

[SCantiGOP]

5. Not a professional game

by my exacting standards. I saw that one year about 20 years back during a trip to Cooperstown. Quite a treat.

[reyd reid reed]

6. Yup.

Those were the two longest nights of the year when I worked at the paper. Looooooooong nights.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Lotta Little League results

Make sure you get every kid's name in, even the ones who struck out looking in their only at-bat and spent their one inning in right field peering through their glove at a bug on the grass.



After all, they tried, so they deserve just as much credit.

[reyd reid reed]

8. Heh

I used to just come here and play.

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Yeah, while secretly hoping

for someone to call in JV girls track results.

Preferably, one of the girls.



:P

[reyd reid reed]

10. HA!

In the entire 17779 days I've been on this planet, I ain't NEVER been *that* bored.