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Published on 11/21/08
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The first game of softball was played in Chicago, and it:
a) Featured alumni from Yale and Harvard
b) Employed a boxing glove in lieu of a ball
c) Was played indoors
d) Included these rules: You can’t leave first until you chug a beer; if you score, you have to chug a beer; you have to chug a beer at the top of all odd-numbered innings; and the fourth inning is the beer inning.
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Answer: a, b and c. Chicagoan George Hancock invented the game in 1887, and 46 years later, Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress Exposition held the sport’s first major tournament.
