tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91893863960034217902024-03-13T15:35:49.390-07:00W.J.T. Schmidt's Baseball History BlogThe blog of German baseball historian W.J.T. Schmidtswfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083165177445175604noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189386396003421790.post-48183642935977186462016-09-01T15:42:00.000-07:002016-09-01T15:42:04.768-07:00Did Frederick Douglass Play Baseball?It is a commonly cited myth. However, there is no evidence that he did and a considerable amount of evidence that he did not. Witness <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Navy_baseball.jpg">this photo</a> of people playing baseball, for instance. Frederick Douglass is conspicuous by his absence.W.J.T. Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641830676026215641noreply@blogger.com0