My favorite baseball artifact of all time, except for the Honus Wagner card I used to make my bike spokes make that keen sprockety sound. This is for all those people who take me to task, insisting that Americans of a bygone era did not use the kind of foul language I routinely put in their filthy, filthy old mouths. Click to enlarge, and savor its lack of couth. [UNMAILABLE. Must be forwarded by Express.]
Great minds. My wife found a copy of this and sent it to me a few years ago, when some people were debating the potential authenticity of language in DEADWOOD. Al Swearingen may have been closer to the mark than even David Milch suspected.
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic. I love the line about "infamous invention of depravity." I will use that as a title at some point soon.
ReplyDeleteAny chance you could identify this? What is it, exactly?
ReplyDeleteIt was sent by the Baseball owners to all the various teams in the 1890s. It was auctioned off a few years ago and the scan keeps popping up now and then as foul-mouthed pervs like yours truly keep bringing it back for the edification of today's baseball fans....
ReplyDeleteI, too, was reminded of the complaints about the language in DEADWOOD. I have never seen DEADWOOD.
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