Baseball is the most studied, dissected and written in our sports. There are also plenty of academic societies for American baseball research. However, due to the work of enthusiastic athletes, the origins of the two most basic elements of baseball are enveloped in mystery. The game itself, and of course, the hot dog.
The exact origin of baseball in the United States is a matter of ongoing debate. During
Tradition holds that baseball was invented by the Westpoint survivor of the first year
Abner Doubleday of Cooperstown's small state New York village in 1839,
In his diary games that Revolutionary soldiers drew back to 1778
In Valley Forge.
Likewise, there is no historical consensus of baseball mythical marriage,
Hot dog. Nobility sausages,
It was an ancient Roman, but it did not become a hot dog until someone panned it. It
Clearly in the streets of New York in the 1860s,
German immigrants.
But how did they find the way to the baseball field? Legendary concessionaire Harry · M
Stevens is often believed to introduce American hot dogs in New York
Polo premises in the early 1900s. In the winter April afternoon, he had a problem
I extruded his usual flavor ice and ice cream and ordered to his seller
Like many hot sausages they can find. He sold to trembling patron
On the stand "red hot!" The rest, as they say, is history.
However, further controversy is fueled by Earth Baltimore
His father was vice president of Washington Newspaper company HL Mencken
Ball Club. "I ate a hot dog in Baltimore in 1886," Mencken said.
They were not newly fascinated. They included exactly the same things
Millions of Americans eat now rubbery flame retardant pseudo-sausage
I leaked a similar cute mustard.
German immigrants Christopher Von der Ahe,
Beer Baron like a balloon that you would have stayed home at some of today's houses
He sold Hot Dog at his St. Louis Park
1870's. Von Da Ah was known to sit in a dugout and blow a big whistle
Whenever you want to gather the attention of one of his players in the field
Whenever he wants another hot dog.
So you have it. The first baseball game and the first hot dog,
Ball game - Neither was lost in history. But just as you do not want to go exploring
There is no need to deeply dig in how sausages were made.
Historical origin. I just sit down and enjoy both seasons.
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