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Date	Sunday, April 20, 1884
Text	“There is a man in the Government Hospital for the Insane,” said an ex-Governor of Maryland to a Washington letter-writer, “who is perfectly sane on every subject except base-ball. He knows more about base-ball than any other man in America. The authorities have humored him so that he has been able to cover the walls of his large room with intricate schedules of games played since base-ball began its career. He has the record of every important club and the individual record of every important player. He takes an astrological view of the game. He explains every defeat and every success on astrological principles. It is because a man was born in this month or under this star or that. He has figured it all out. His sense has gone with it. He is the typical base-ball crank.
Source	Cincinnati Enquirer
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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