<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Abner Doubleday had an eventful life, but as far as we know, he never gave a thought to the game with which his name is so firmly linked</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Forget football, basketball, and all the other sports that are artificially regulated by the clock. Only baseball can truly reveal our national character. Only baseball can light our path to the future. </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Cooperstown, New York, is famous for its fiction -<span class="typestyle"> <em>The Last of the Mohicans, The Deerslayer</em></span>, and the Abner Doubleday myth.</span></p>
