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Take me out to the ballgame tango
In FInland there was a breed of mercenary knights called Hakkapeliitta. They used to practice their swordsman ship by throwing small turnips up in the air and trying to cut them in half as they fell.
During times of peace when the carrying of arms was forbidden the Hakkapeliitta invented the game of Pesäpallo as a means of keeping their eye in and maintaining their quick reactions.
The FInns when they emigrated to America took their game pesäpallo with them and it was modified slightly to become baseball. One of their favourite songs was "take me out the ballgame to" which was a Russian tango. It was greatly modified and became a popular song in America in 1908. The rest is history
Take me out to the ballgame tango
In FInland there was a breed of mercenary knights called Hakkapeliitta. They used to practice their swordsman ship by throwing small turnips up in the air and trying to cut them in half as they fell.
During times of peace when the carrying of arms was forbidden the Hakkapeliitta invented the game of Pesäpallo as a means of keeping their eye in and maintaining their quick reactions.
The FInns when they emigrated to America took their game pesäpallo with them and it was modified slightly to become baseball. One of their favourite songs was "take me out the ballgame to" which was a Russian tango. It was greatly modified and became a popular song in America in 1908. The rest is history