Too soon? Maybe it’s too soon.
But can we at least acknowledge that were it not for the Civil War that baseball would have spread across our Great Republic — or perhaps our fractured and ugly two-nation former Republic depending on how things woulda gone — without it?
That’s part of what’s in play in this fascinating look at baseball during the war, particularly in the military encampments around Washington D.C. Bonus points for the two-word spelling “base ball.” Extra bonus points for the old newspaper article cited which describes it as a game “calculated to improve the health, while strengthening the mind.”
Good read.
(link via BTF)
