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boogeyboard1 · 08-22-2018, 12:44 PM

Freedonia - 1871

Baseball is far from popular in this island nation, but then again no sport really is. It is played from time to time by schoolchildren in the afternoon before supper. The sport has shown to be most popular in the towns of Lano and Montesutti, located in the north-west of Orotelia.

Lano has a population of 1,800. Montesutti has a population of 1,105. Montesutti is an agricultural town, while Lano is a port town.

Now in December of 1870 Mayor Jimerson, who had been Mayor of Montesutti for about 20 years now, got together with Mayor Thorvald, who'd been Mayor of Lano for about 10 years now, and they dined and they chatted as they liked to do a few times a year and had done a few times a year for about 5 years now. Eventually they got onto the topic of baseball on account of Mayor Jimerson's son, Conor Jimerson Jr., who played the game quite frequently, and on account of Mayor Thorvald himself, who played the game quite frequently as a child. Mayor Thorvald remarked that while he was quite too old himself to play ball anymore he had always lamented that he never got the chance to play much in his adulthood. It seemed everyone just up and dropped the game when they finished elementary school and had to start working. The Mayors lamented this and discussed it and pondered it and eventually decided they ought to get some men together and play a few games between the two towns. And when they returned home from dinner and their wives asked them how it was all they could speak of was the Lano & Montesutti Baseball Association.

08-22-2018, 12:44 PM	#1
boogeyboard1 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 1,129	Freedonia - How baseball became this nation's pastime Freedonia - 1871 Baseball is far from popular in this island nation, but then again no sport really is. It is played from time to time by schoolchildren in the afternoon before supper. The sport has shown to be most popular in the towns of Lano and Montesutti, located in the north-west of Orotelia. Lano has a population of 1,800. Montesutti has a population of 1,105. Montesutti is an agricultural town, while Lano is a port town. Now in December of 1870 Mayor Jimerson, who had been Mayor of Montesutti for about 20 years now, got together with Mayor Thorvald, who'd been Mayor of Lano for about 10 years now, and they dined and they chatted as they liked to do a few times a year and had done a few times a year for about 5 years now. Eventually they got onto the topic of baseball on account of Mayor Jimerson's son, Conor Jimerson Jr., who played the game quite frequently, and on account of Mayor Thorvald himself, who played the game quite frequently as a child. Mayor Thorvald remarked that while he was quite too old himself to play ball anymore he had always lamented that he never got the chance to play much in his adulthood. It seemed everyone just up and dropped the game when they finished elementary school and had to start working. The Mayors lamented this and discussed it and pondered it and eventually decided they ought to get some men together and play a few games between the two towns. And when they returned home from dinner and their wives asked them how it was all they could speak of was the Lano & Montesutti Baseball Association. Last edited by boogeyboard1; 08-22-2018 at 05:49 PM.