In episode 60 of Half True History, Dan Parrella tells Pedro Lima and Chris Crespo about how Albert Spalding used Abner Doubleday to kickstart baseball in 1800’s America, how James Naismith started baseketball, and how Yale invented football. Come for the Cuban Giants, stay for the 1919 Black Sox cheating scandal, time to talk about the truths and legends of early sports in the US.
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