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ScottFandango · #1 01-25-2012, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jalex

This one has confounded me and sometimes made me re-think my love for pre-war baseball. Heinie and Rube are tame compared to some of the nicknames given to men who played base ball then. How about "Dummy" for a deaf guy, or "Nig" for well, you know... My favorite pre-war player is Ed Summers, they called him "Kickapoo Ed" because of his native ancestry. It was a very non-PC time.

Cheers,

Jim

ahh the Age Before Lawyers

alanu · #2 01-25-2012, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ScottFandango

ahh the Age Before Lawyers

It's not so much the lawyers as the type of lawyers

jalex · #3 01-25-2012, 01:27 PM

Very true, which makes it uncomfortable and comforting all at the same time...

Cheers,

Jim

bigtrain · #4 01-26-2012, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ScottFandango

ahh the Age Before Lawyers

During the rise of Rome, its citizens involved in lawsuits pleaded their own cases but could call on legal experts called "advocati" to assist. However, "advocati" were forbidden from charging fees. That law changed in the second century B.C. The paid mouthpiece was born and the fate of the Roman Empire was sealed.