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|Text=<p>Walt Whitman, <u>Leaves of Grass</u> [Brooklyn, Rome Bros], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 216.  In a review of good American experiences, including "approaching Manhattan" and "under Niagara", Whitman puts this line:  "Upon the race-course, or enjoying pic-nics or jigs or a good game of base-ball  . . . "</p>
|Text=<p>Walt Whitman, <u>Leaves of Grass</u> [Brooklyn, Rome Bros], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, page 216.  In a review of good American experiences, including "approaching Manhattan" and "under Niagara", Whitman puts this line:  "Upon the race-course, or enjoying pic-nics or jigs or a good game of base-ball  . . . "</p>
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Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass [Brooklyn, Rome Bros], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 216. In a review of good American experiences, including "approaching Manhattan" and "under Niagara", Whitman puts this line: "Upon the race-course, or enjoying pic-nics or jigs or a good game of base-ball . . . "

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