Ninety-eight (98) years ago today there were two arrests after a baseball game in New York. I guess times have changed a bit because the arrest wasn't for drugs, fighting police, steroids, driving over 100 mph (hard to do in 1917) or other stupid behavior that players today exhibit.
I've yet to be arrested. Should I create a bucket list? I have been pulled over by the police in four different states for illegal running and the police also stopped me twice in two different Chicago neighborhoods for cycling violations.
These two arrests were also quite odd. On this day in 1917 the first ever Sunday baseball game was held in New York. Since that was illegal in New York at the time since it violated existing blue laws which contained moral restrictions on Sunday activity since the day was considered a day of worship.
Managers John McGraw and Christy Mathewson were both arrested after the game. The New York teams didn't play another home game during the last six weeks of the season. In May of 1919 the teams finally began playing on Sundays in New York.
Back to my run-ins with the police. Don't ride double on a bicycle in Hometown, IL. That is really the name of a place, it isn't just the fake address on the DMV license picture.
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