Terms and Expressions For 1860’s Era Base Ball

VBBA Dictionary of Documented Terms 

Cartoon titled “The National Game, Three ‘Outs’ and One ‘Run’,” depicting the 1860 elections as a baseball game won by Abraham Lincoln over John Bell, Stephen Douglas, and John Breckenridge, 1860. Published by Currier & Ives. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)