bases

Larry Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri May 26 15:53:11 UTC 2000


>
>I was referring specifically to the calibrational problem--that
>there should be at least reasonably comparable "distance" between
>each base, and in a system where kissing is first base and french-
>kissing is second base, that leaves a lot of sexual territory to
>squeeze in (as it were) to two bases. One would expect second base
>to be roughly half as advanced as sexual intercourse, and perhaps
>either above- or below-the-waist petting could fall into this
>category, but frenching, no way.
>
>JTS

I remember the bases defined (mid-late 1950's, New York) the way Lynne
described, which does yield this calibrational problem.  Perhaps french
kissing could have been taking a lead off first, but I don't recall this as
an actual proposal.

>At 08:11 AM 5/26/2000 -0700, Peter Richardson wrote:
>>Well, times do change. As far as I recall (50s, Illinois), first base was
>>getting a date in the first place and second base was the ultimate: a
>>kiss. Other bases were contemplated, to be sure, but were so far beyond
>>the realm of the likely, the possible, or the probable as to be
>>unattainable.
>>
>
>Well, triples are fairly unusual in baseball too, statistically speaking, so
>in terms of the actual source of the imagery maybe the rarity of "third
>base" actually made sense....
>
>
and then there's the inside-the-park home run...

larry



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