coincidental or not (?) "Too much Malarkey" 1904

[Victor Steinbok]

I would assume that The Millers was the nickname of the Columbus team.
They "broke ground" by pounding hits off the Minneapolis pitching.

VS-)

On 1/8/2012 4:40 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Stephen Goranson<goranson at duke.edu>  wrote:
>> "… the millers began to _break ground_ …"
> What does this mean, in this context?
>
> --
> -Wilson

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