Actor Tom Hanks made mention of the Cincinnati Red Stockings - the Cincinnati Base Ball club that fielded the first known openly professional team in 1869 - in a discussion on A Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night about News of the World, a Western starring Hanks as Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd that is set five years after the end of the Civil War.
Here's what Hanks told Colbert about the film - set to be released on Dec. 25 - including the Cincinnati baseball reference:
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