stackyFACTSAmerica's beloved pastime owes its existence to Tudor-era dairy workers swinging sticks at cloth bundles. Known as stoolball, it was a casual way to pass the time in muddy pastures before industrialization. We took this rustic diversion, added impossibly complex unwritten rules, and stretched it into a agonizingly slow televised event.
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