I was reading through Dave Zirin's excellent new book A People's History of Sports in the United States the other day and came across what has to be the best quote of the 17th century.
It comes from the noted Puritan Thomas Gouge and is particularly poignant as we approach Saturday. He wrote in his 1672 bestseller (presumably) the
- B/R Ticket Guide
[Games] should be as Sauces to your Meat, to sharpen your appetite onto the duties of your Calling, and not to glut yourselves with them.
Yeah, well, screw that.
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