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"1886 rules, equipment and etiquette." I want to make some sort snarky comment about how slavery would have been legal and rampant in the era these people are
by hettygreen 4y ago
"1886 rules, equipment and etiquette."
I want to make some sort snarky comment about how slavery would have been legal and rampant in the era these people are choosing to glamorize.
But at the same time, I totally get it.. as an avid ice hockey fan, the game is now ruled by high-tech equipment and more importantly big-data analysis that has diminished personal creativity and the "art" of the game. Footage of historic games are also completely void of billboard advertisements everywhere and that strange artificially hyped environment with screens ordering fans to "CHEER LOUD NOW!".
Conan Plays Old Timey Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS39vMhag-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS39vMhag-A
- floren 4y agoSlavery was not legal anywhere in the US in 1886.
- boomboomsubban 4y ago*except prison.
- hettygreen 4y agoYou're right, my bad. Was super-fresh though, and I can't imagine everyone just magically got along by 1886.
- egypturnash 4y agoBaseball was thoroughly segregated by skin color until 1944, when the first Major League Baseball commissioner (who was highly opposed to integration) died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_league_baseball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_league_baseball
- boomboomsubban 4y agoYou're largely right, but in 1886 there were several black players in the minor leagues, one of them having spent 1884 in the MLB. The total segregation didn't begin until 1888. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker
- egypturnash 4y agoAh, thanks. My knowledge of baseball history mostly stops at “I read an article about the Negro League in Smithsonian Magazine once and it stuck in my head well enough to let me dig it out of Wikipedia for this conversation”. :)