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It’s generally thought that baseball was first played sometime around 1846 in America, but a recent diary found in Surrey, England written by William Bray may prove that the game of baseball was played in the mother country sometime back in 1755. Ouch. Just when this country couldn’t sink any lower.? If we lose baseball, then I’m moving to Canada, growing a mullet and lacing up the ole hockey skates, ay.? [Sun Herald]

A quick follow up courtesy of Scott Bernstein over at Hidden Track. Seems both us and them were following the story about Ryan Montbleau’s difficult decision to not cancel a show last Sunday night (which coincided with Game 4 of the World Series) at the Paradise in Boston.

Bernstein was there on Saturday and he does a good job, despite being a Yankee’s fan (though most people insist the Red Sox are the new Yankees), of capturing the music and the moment for Ryan, the band, and the fans who turned out for the gig.

They almost sold out the Saturday night show and sold a respectable amount of tix for Sunday’s show. All in all it looks like every won over the weekend.

As always thanks to the boys at Hidden Track for doing my work for me via the always important follow-up.