Batter awarded 1st base?

tcblue13 · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 10, 2009, 06:25pm

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Like anyone in Greenwich or Scarsdale would even know what the Stars & Bars is!

NOT the Stars and Bars

THE Stars and Bars

wadeintothem · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 10, 2009, 08:06pm

Hmm.. that 2nd one wouldnt look quite as good on some idiots 1978 Ford F150 bumper. No wonder it quite never caught on.

Steve M · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 10, 2009, 08:18pm

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Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Hmm.. that 2nd one wouldnt look quite as good on some idiots 1978 Ford F150 bumper. No wonder it quite never caught on.

Yeah, it doesn't quite go with the gun rack in the back of the cab or some of the other items of note.

greymule · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 10, 2009, 08:19pm

Thanks, tcblue13. This has been an edifying day.

The flag on the pickup trucks is actually the "Battle Flag of the Confederacy."

I'll be sure to correct the backwoods boys on that point, too.

My cousin, who lives nearby, is a dedicated participant in annual re-creations of battles of the Civil . . . er, the War Between the States. He always skips the surrender, though.

IRISHMAFIA · #5 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 10, 2009, 11:18pm

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Originally Posted by greymule

Thanks, tcblue13. This has been an edifying day.

The flag on the pickup trucks is actually the "Battle Flag of the Confederacy."

Well, yeah, to a point. There were so many Confederate flags and associated stories, sometimes it depends on who is telling a particular war story as to which one it was. Different variations of the Stars and Bars originated in different areas of VA from Tidewater to Piedmont regions of the state.

The most popular was usually associated with the ANV (Potomac). Problem is that many believe the Stars & Bars was and is the real and only flag of the CSA.

Skahtboi · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 11, 2009, 09:05am

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, yeah, to a point. There were so many Confederate flags and associated stories, sometimes it depends on who is telling a particular war story as to which one it was. Different variations of the Stars and Bars originated in different areas of VA from Tidewater to Piedmont regions of the state.

The most popular was usually associated with the ANV (Potomac). Problem is that many believe the Stars & Bars was and is the real and only flag of the CSA.

So...you have other hobbies besides umpiring and beer, I see!

wadeintothem · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 11, 2009, 09:34am

Are you sure they didnt just copy the Puerto Rican flag?

Dakota · #8 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 11, 2009, 10:18am

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Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Are you sure they didnt just copy the Puerto Rican flag?

Actually, they copied the flag of Scotland.

IRISHMAFIA · #9 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 11, 2009, 09:37am

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Originally Posted by Skahtboi

So...you have other hobbies besides umpiring and beer, I see!

No, I lived in the deep South in the '70s and needed to do research so I could stay with the GOB.

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