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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 4, 2024 8:09:14 GMT -5
Two men(let's name them A and B) with connections to major league baseball had something in common with an invention of one game(not baseball). At least some sources claim this, because there are also other theories about the beginning of this game.
Name these two men, a name of the game and explain what did these 2 men have in common with this game.
BAMN
My usual "reserve clause":
In case of more than one correct answer, I reserve myself the right to accept only one I have in mind.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 5, 2024 7:27:20 GMT -5
Clue:
Both A and B had long careers as ML players.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 6, 2024 7:37:41 GMT -5
Clue:
Both are better known as managers.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 7, 2024 7:39:00 GMT -5
Clue:
B had longer career as ML manager than A. They played the same number of season in the majors.
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Post by Lefteroo on Feb 7, 2024 11:41:53 GMT -5
Is Rogers Hornsby one of them, Zbi?
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 7, 2024 12:46:35 GMT -5
Is Rogers Hornsby one of them, Zbi? No, he isn't.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 8, 2024 7:22:28 GMT -5
Clue:
The game has been once proposed as an official state sport of one of the US states.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 9, 2024 7:31:03 GMT -5
Clue:
The game, according to some sources, have been invented in something being owned by both A and B.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 10, 2024 7:41:49 GMT -5
A - Wilbert Robinson B - John McGraw game: duckpin bowling As I've read duckpin bowling is a very popular sport around Baltimore. Some sources claim that this game was invented in 1900 in a bowling alley atop a Baltimore tavern owned by John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson. According to one such source: Robinson and McGraw became partners in the Diamond Cafe in Baltimore, a billiards parlor. To increase business, they installed a bowling alley. They could afford only used pins, which they shaved down, inventing what is now called duckpin bowling.However, according to some historians, duckpins were known earlier, in 1890s. Elizabeth "Toots" Barger(born Mary Elizabeth Ryan), nicknamed "Queen of Duckpins", in 1992 led campaign to make duckpin bowling the official state sport of Maryland. Unsuccessfully. By the way, official sports of Maryland are jousting( ) and lacrosse.
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Post by my2cents on Feb 10, 2024 13:07:02 GMT -5
I lived in Maryland for 43 years. I never played duck pins and didn’t know jousting and lacrosse were the state sports. 😔
I love lacrosse. Only sport I truly excelled at. My daughter shared my interest.
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Post by ZbiSal on Feb 11, 2024 8:17:11 GMT -5
Webpage with the list of the official state sports: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_sportsOnly 18 states have official sports(some of them more than one). Only one state have baseball as an official sport - New York. The same situation with football(Michigan), basketball(Massachusetts) and hockey(Minnesota). But for 3 states it's rodeo.
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Post by Lefteroo on Feb 12, 2024 13:57:09 GMT -5
I actually had read this about Robinson and McGraw when I was a kid!! Had question asked about duckpin bowling, I might have pulled out their names - but I wasn't close to getting this one. Great stuff, Zbi.
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