Thread: History of the Dugout
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Old Mon Apr 08, 2002, 12:15pm
PAblue87 PAblue87 is offline
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Actually, the first "dugouts" were hollowed logs used by Native Americans as boats. Do not know how this translates to baseball. I imagine dugouts were used to keep players in a private area and protection from inclement weather?
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