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April 25th, 2009 | 
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Do you know the origin of basketball?
The origins of the game of basketball can be traced back to a gentleman by the name of Dr. James Naismith. In 1861, Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. During his early school days, Naismith would play a game called duck on a rock whereby the child would endeavor to knock the duck off the top of the rock with a toss of another rock. 
Later on, Naismith would go on to McGill University in Montreal and would later become McGill University’s Athletic Director. He would subsequently move on to YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts and in 1891, the game of basketball began.
Given the cold Massachusetts winters, Naismith needed to find a recreational activity that could be played indoors and he preferred a sport that would develop skill and one that was not exclusively relying on strength. The first game was played with two peach baskets for goals and a soccer ball.
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Rawlings sporting goods has been tops with me for a long time. As a schoolboy playing baseball in a vacant lot, Chancellor Avenue playground or in Unterman Field in Newark New Jersey I knew I had the best of the best if I had Rawlings to use. Playing baseball and having Rawlings sporting goods went hand and hand with me. If I had Rawlings on my left hand I had the best sporting goods that I could use. I knew that I would have an advantage because of my equipment. I felt great. The world was right for me.
Bill Doak, a pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals had something to say about putting Rawlings on the baseball map. He created a glove that hoisted Rawlings to the top of sporting goods world. I will get back to Bill in a second.
More of my Rawlings story.
If I did not have Rawlings sporting goods to use in a game I somehow felt slighted or I was at a disadvantage. Rawlings gave me confidence when I was a youngster. If I forgot my glove and I had to use someone else’s glove and it was not Rawlings, I would look for someone to trade gloves with. I looked for the red Rawlings image they had on their sporting goods. I would go on a lookout to find the red patch of perfection for a Rawlings sporting goods glove.