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From: halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Calvin G.
Message-ID: <590@hou2b.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 08:50:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 08:50:06 1985
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"Washington: first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League"
was around long before Cal Griffith.  The expression cropped up in the late
twenties or early thirties, if not earlier.  (Look at old standings to see
why.)  As proof of this claim, recall that Jackie Cooper used the phrase in
one of the early Our Gang comedies.