bases

[Gregory {Greg} Downing]

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....


Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing at nyu.edu or gd2 at is2.nyu.edu