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I did not know that his year marks the 150th anniversary of the first college baseball game. Amherst and Williams just had a rematch, using the 1859 rules:

Like in the inaugural match, Sunday’s game was played on a square rather than a diamond, players were not permitted to use gloves, only one out was allowed per inning and batters could tell the pitcher how to throw. In addition, everyone involved wore period clothing, with the umpire and coaches in tuxedos and top hats.

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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