Idle Musings: And They Meant It About Baseball!

In 1925, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, observing a transaction that was, shall we say, popularly approved of, concluded that “The common sense of the common people is a common fallacy.” Seems to me, this sentiment has an application beyond sports. At the very least, it makes a nice rejoinder to Abraham Lincoln’s, “You can fool some of the people all of the time,” etc, etc, etc. Abe wasn’t infallible; he got a few things wrong.

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