XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
      
   >> He made worse slips toward the end; in one scene, Arcadia Darell claims   
   >> she keeps a *baseball bat* under her bed! What's more, there was a   
   >> reference near it to the cost of something or other in *dollars*, not   
   >> Foundation credits.   
   >   
   > I suppose one could somehow excuse the first slip by saying that they   
   > still play baseball in the distant future, but if so, he should at least   
   > have spelled it "basbul bat" or something like that to maintain the sense   
   > of distance.   
      
   Of course they'll still be playing baseball.  And it will _still_ be spelled   
   "baseball".  And, in no more than 25 centuries, I'm pretty sure we'll be   
   able to eliminate the Designated Hitter rule...   
      
   Baseball is America's one great contribution to culture.   
   --   
   derek   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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