Tuesday Trifle

The good news: Son Jack (11) pitched three innings last night, striking out six and giving up only one run (thanks to some great fielding from his team). He also hit two doubles and a triple. The bad news: I stayed late to clean the field (had to stay a little late anyway because Michael’s (9) baseball practice hadn’t ended yet) and had household chores to finish when I got home, so there’s little time for blogging.

For these occasions, I keep a “bank” of material. The bank consists of humorous emails, witticisms, interesting passages from my reading. This morning, an interesting passage:

Historical marker on U.S. 11 in Mississippi:

John L. Sullivan defeated Jack Kilrain for heavyweight championship in a 75 round fight on July 8, 1889, at Richburg, 3 miles southwest of this spot. This was the last official bare-knuckle bout.

Jim Ruland in the March 2008 issue of The Oxford American writes: “Historical markers are notorious for being inaccurate, but this one is ridiculously vague. Three miles? . . . And since Sullivan mauled Kilrain with his bare hands, which made the fight illegal, how could the fight have also been ‘official.’”?

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3 Responses to “Tuesday Trifle”

1. LarryD Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 8:22 am

   Congrats on your son’s good outing. MY 9 year old survived his first “kid pitch” game last night, playing short stop. 1 putout, no errors, 1 for 3 at the plate with a run scored, and most importantly, wasn’t hit by a pitch (accuracy for 9-10 year olds is marginal at best!). Team lost, but he had fun. Next game Wednesday.

2. Eric Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

   My son got plunked with a pitch at his first at-bat. Fortunately, the pitcher was average speed, so it didn’t hurt.

3. The Spokesrider » Where did you put that marker? Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

   [...] Eric Scheske at The Daily Eudemon posted a bit of trivia about a historical marker today: [...]

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