Manliness and Boyishness in Early Baseball

In the 18 fifties to sixties, manliness was incredibly important to baseball players and club members. It partially derives from victorian ideas of gender, but is also because playing baseball was often seen as a child's game and a childish pursuit. The name charle paybore rang a bell, the player who refused to take his base when he walked. But at least one time, by the celfth, 18 times referred to as the woman in the red cap. We're never happy about anything.