Baseball As America Lecture Series Recap

A hardballing FBvian went last night and was kind enough to tell us how it went:

Even for someone not really a baseball fan, the evening was most interesting. The history, insights, and opinions on old and current issues in baseball were fascinating. I learned, for example, that until 1953 fielders just dropped their gloves on the turf, picking them up when they went back to the outfield. When it was prohibited, no one could remember a time when a glove interfered with play. They just thought it was messy looking. Great start to a good series.