tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post3911264904152422296..comments2023-10-31T09:01:11.464-04:00Comments on Church of Baseball: Happy Paddy's Day!Cathiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291479913130967235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-50963485510270105612009-03-17T14:48:00.000-04:002009-03-17T14:48:00.000-04:00Facebook is acting weird for me, or I would have l...Facebook is acting weird for me, or I would have left this there.<BR/><BR/>Check out this link from when a Phillies fan visited Alexander Cartwright's grave: http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/3/17/800582/thank-you-mr-cartwright-an<BR/><BR/>Two things stood out that made me think of you. First, that the first baseball game was played at Elysian Fields, and second, that Alexander Cartwright's middle name was Joy. I know baseball likes the myth of Abner Doubleday, but the reality is so poetic too. A man named Joy holds the first game on fields of paradise. Awesome.<BR/><BR/>Happy St. Patrick's Day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-36891493509895985792009-03-17T13:29:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:29:00.000-04:00...it's still dumb....it's still dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com