What Should We Do About ‘Doubleday Myth’?
COOPERSTOWN – Review three opinions on “The Doubleday Myth,” the story about baseball’s Cooperstown origins:
• “The Man Who Didn’t Invest Baseball,” by Victor Salvatore, American Heritage, June-July 1983
• “The Creation Myths of Cooperstown,” by Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, November 1989
• “Abner Doubleday Story True, And It’s Ours,” Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta, June, 2014
What’s your opinion about the Abner Doubleday story? E-mail info@allotsego.com