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  • MikM Offline
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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.

    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

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      #2579

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Mildly interesting:

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      (x/100) * y == (x * y)/100 == x * (y/100)

      Yeah, that checks out.

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      • HoraceH Offline
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        #2580

        Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          #2581

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
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            #2582

            Future HoF WR Larry Fitzgerald has more tackles than dropped passes….

            The Brad

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              • HoraceH Horace

                Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.

                Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                #2584

                @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.

                That's not even mildly interesting.

                I was only joking

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                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                  @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                  Not to brag, but I already knew that multiplication was commutative.

                  That's not even mildly interesting.

                  HoraceH Offline
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                  #2585

                  @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.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                    #2586

                    Jūs abi bijāt pilnīgi neinteresanti

                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                      Nirea interesgarria zen letonieraz zegoelako, hemen inoiz argitaratu ez den hizkuntza bat. Hau interesgarria da euskeraz dagoelako.

                      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                        #2588

                        Windfall comes from the old English custom of tenants on estates having the right to gather wood blown down by the wind.

                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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