Walt Whitman's baseball quote (surely not 1846!)

[Wilson Gray]

Shouldn't that be "fantasy/science-fiction writer"?

-Wilson Gray

On Jul 11, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Sam Clements wrote:

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> We also know that (John) Douglass Wallop III(1920-1985) wrote "Damn
> Yankees."  He evidently was a fantasy/cum science fiction writer.  I
> can't
> wait for someone to read his book and find out his source for the
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> SC
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>> Wallop's book was published in 1969, so, IF the quote is in there, it
>> can
>> now be traced at least to 1969.
>> Sucks that my libraries are closed today.
>> SC
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