After earning a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1888, Naismith took a job teaching physical education at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Good luck, both in scoring lots of runs and being productive.Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1861, Naismith was a talented athlete at McGill University in Montreal, playing Canadian football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer and gymnastics. And just when I thought I had gotten used to the timing, the lobbing legume pulled out a fastball out of nowhere. The best thing is that simply getting the bat on the ball results in at least a single, so you don’t have to swing for the fences. As far as I can tell, this is the pattern: IMPORTANT UPDATE: After playing the game more, I realize the secret is looking at the color of the pitcher’s hat, which indicates what pitch is coming. But then it started hurling all kinds of stuff - a zig-zag pitch, a swirling slider of sorts, a slow-pitch softball type of thing, and a ball that disappears as it’s coming your way. And I thought that was totally doable at first because the peanut throws some slow pitches right down the middle.

The best way to win, obviously, is by hitting, er, taters (again, sorry). Thus far, it has proved fruitless (I’m sorry in advance for all the dad jokes) as my career-high is 24: So in the interest of journalism, I have spent the morning attempting to dominate.

We here at For The Win take our Google Doodle games very seriously - we spent half the day in June of 2017 trying best each other in the cricket game they created. If you’re looking to pass the time, Google found an extremely good solution: The site’s Doodle on Wednesday is a playable baseball game in which a bunch of July 4th-themed food attempts to score as many runs possible against a surprisingly-tough peanut pitcher before striking out. It’s July 3, which hopefully means for many of you, work is slowing down and you’re getting ready for the holiday.

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