When the founders of baseball gathered in an old barn sometime in the 1800’s for their now-famous “Fourum On The Rules Of The Gaem of Baseball”, they couldn’t possibly have seen what the game would become today. Barrels of moonshine were tapped, all the town’s horsehair was gathered for base padding, and the boisterous meeting carried loudly through until dawn.
“I for one think that the bases should be stuffed with dried corn, and the winner of the game should be allowed to take it home to sup!” offered Abernathy Henkelschmear, a wizened townsfolk.
“You would do us all good to stuff that good-for-nothing gullet with dried corn and leave us all in peace,” sniffed Lorraine Toothelspout.