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Baseball was a game for the "dog days" of summer, and no air conditioning. The typical, agrarian 3 months summer vacations meant there were hordes of kids tryin
by marktangotango 5y ago
Baseball was a game for the "dog days" of summer, and no air conditioning. The typical, agrarian 3 months summer vacations meant there were hordes of kids trying to fill in the time between dusk and dawn. Now kids stay inside and play vidya games all summer. Baseballs time is past, imo.
- mbg721 5y agoIt was also a game that made more sense with larger families. Back when kids all ran free until the Prince Spaghetti Night bell rang, you had all the positions covered and didn't need the "ghost man on first".