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Groundbreaking new baseball legislation is being voted on today in the House of Representatives.
Stepping away from the trivial duties of jump-starting a fledgling economy, combating a crippling national debt, running three wars, debating immigration policy, and overseeing the work of 2.7 million federal workers, members of Congress have turned their attention towards one of the most contentious questions in the history of the modern Congress: where was the word "baseball" first mentioned?
House Resolution 1050 seeks to end the partisan politics about baseball etymology once and for all by allowing House members to vote on whether "baseball" was first mentioned in Pittsfield, MA or not. The legislation, introduced by Representative John Oliver (D-MA) - no, surprisingly not the one from the Daily Show - also seeks to establish the holy grail of college baseball trivia. With a few hundred utterances, the birthplace of college baseball will be forever known as Pittsfield.
The bill has 23 cosponsors listed below, most of whom, like all good sports teams, are from New england. With any luck, this coalition of willing name-sayers will also prove that the word "socks" was actually invented in Boston, and that everyone else spells the word wrong except for Boston sports fans. With any luck, they will be able to change the spelling to "sox" once and for all. But this will take blood, sweat, and tears and can't be done without your help. Write your representative today!
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