Block:Journal Article Cites "baste-ball" in 1788
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| Data | Mention of "baste-ball" in a journal article praising the attributes of the character Nausicaa in Homer's Odyssey: "…she is the very pattern of excellence,…she drives four in hand and manages her whip with utmost skill, …she sings most charmingly, and, in fine, is not above playing a game of baste-ball with her attendants." |
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| Sources | "The Trifler," by Timothy Touchstone, Number XXIX, Dec. 13, 1788, p. 374 |
| Block Notes | "Baste-ball" is one of several alternate spellings of baseball that are found in 18th and 19th century writings. "The Trifler" was a weekly satirical literary journal that ran for less than one year. Its authors, writing under the nom de plume Timothy Touchstone, were reputed to be two Cambridge students and two Oxford students, all under the age of 20. |
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