Left out? But he did write some good stuff about the danger in umpiring baseball games.

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What position did Twain play?

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From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kent Rasmusse= n
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 11:48 AM
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Subject: Public perceptions of Mark Twain

A correspondent sent me this note from a Green Bay Packers discussion group= =2E I believe it's worth sharing.
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Erik from Sanford, FL
Vic, didn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t you get the memo? Everything old is bad = and everything new is good. How many times as a Packers fan have I heard th= at nine of our
13 championships we won don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t count because they did= n=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t call the game the Super Bowl prior to January 19= 67. It=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s the same ridiculous historical bigotry that=  can make a man as great as Jim Brown nothing but your average running back=  today, in some folks=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2 minds. According to reports, = Secretariat would have beaten American Pharoah at Belmont by two seconds. H= ow can that be? Everything old is bad. Nobody that did anything a long time=  ago was any good, except Mark Twain.


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