I agree with Mike-- Hats off to the Cleveland Indians. A great team showing fine sportsmanship. Both teams did deserve to win, the Cubs just a wee bit more so. Terry On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Montclair <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Didn't he write about losing an umbrella at a baseball game in Connecticut? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 3, 2016, at 10:56 AM, Steve Hoffman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Which brings up a question: Is there evidence > > from any writings of Twain, including letters, or > > contemporaneous reports, of Twain attending a > > major league baseball game? (or professional > > minor league game for that matter)? Or of him > > perusing the sports pages of the newspapers, > > perhaps commenting upon scores or World Series > > etc? Any references to baseball during one of his > > speeches? > > > > Is there any indication if he had a rooting > > interest in any team? Perhaps Boston or one of > > the New York teams (personally, I'm hoping he was > > a fan of the NY Giants). Or perhaps St. Louis? > > > > I'm aware of course of that wonderful section of > > Connecticut Yankee with Hank Morgan introducing > > baseball to King Arthur's Court. But I don't > > recall coming across references to him following > > baseball in his personal life. > > > > As a lifelong baseball fan as well as Twainiac, > > I'd be delighted to get answers to this query. > > > > Steve Hoffman > > > > Takoma Park, MD > > > > > >> On 11/3/2016 10:11 AM, L T Oggel wrote: > >> It was terrific!! 7th game. Extra innings, rain delay, everything. > Wow! > >> > >> Cubs Win Cubs Win > >> > >> The Voice of the Cubs on radio and TV--Jack Brickhouse, Harry Carey and > >> many others, going back, are rejoicing. Ernie Banks is smiling. At > last!! > >> > >> Ended about 1am on the east coast. > >> > >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 6:20 AM, AB E <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> ... when the Cubs last won a World Series. > >>> > >>> To Larry Howe and all the other Twain people in greater Chicago, I > hope you > >>> survived last night, and that this isn't a sign of the end of days (or > a > >>> Trump presidency). > >>> >