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News & ArtsThursday, February 7, 2013
History / Sports Have You Ever Wanted to See the First Known Photo of Someone Flipping the Bird?
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:01 AM
The culprit: a Boston baseball player in 1886.
The finger-giver is Charles Radbourn, a pitcher for The Boston Beaneaters. He's giving the finger to the opposing team, the New York Giants. Charles is an interesting figure in his own right; he pitched a whopping 678 2/3 innings, and the leg cramp known as the Charley Horse may be named after him. He died, as most great baseball players do, after a long battle with syphilis.
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Not just, Charles Radbourne, that is Hall of Famer, baseball record holder, and prolific twitterer Old Hoss Radbourne!
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I remember reading The Canterbury Tales and realizing people had a naughty sense of humor long before I was born.
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@ 5. I remember having the same experience—realizing you and your friends didn't invent dirty jokes is a critical moment in childhood development.
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