as if red sox fans weren't already enough of a pain in my ass....

[beyond_pale]

So much for 1839, Abner Doubleday, and Cooperstown, NY.

Some jackass unearthed this 1791 ordinance from the town archives of Pittsfield, MA:

" for the Preservation of the Windows in the New Meeting House no Person or Inhabitant of said Town, shall be permitted to play at any Game called Wicket, Cricket, Baseball, Batball, Football, Cat, Fives or any other Game or Games with Balls, within the Distance of Eighty Yards from said Meeting House."

and just when I thought this state couldn't possibly piss me off any more.