Mildly interesting
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Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters (later the Braves), was captured giving the middle finger to a team photographer. This grainy black-and-white image is considered the earliest known photograph of someone making the gesture.
Radbourn was known for his fierce competitiveness and iron will. In 1884, he pitched a staggering 678.2 innings and won 59 games, a Major League record that still stands. He was gruff, intense, and short-tempered, a man who once reportedly threatened teammates and argued with umpires regularly.
The photo wasn’t widely recognized for what it was until more than a century later, when historians and fans looked more closely at the team portrait and spotted Radbourn’s subtle act of defiance.
It is a small moment frozen in time, but it speaks volumes. Even in baseball’s earliest days, personalities like Radbourn were pushing against decorum with unapologetic flair.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Mildly interesting:
(x/100) * y == (x * y)/100 == x * (y/100)
Yeah, that checks out.
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Future HoF WR Larry Fitzgerald has more tackles than dropped passes….
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@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.
That's not even mildly interesting.
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@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.
That's not even mildly interesting.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Mildly interesting:
@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.
That's not even mildly interesting.
Well it was a response to the previous post. And if responses are required to be at least mildly interesting then I’m afraid we are both self defeating.
