Banned in Baseball: Iced Cabbage
Boiling in the lead-up to the 4th? Try iced cabbage leaves on your head---seems Babe Ruth used to apply same to his head, changing them every two innings.
So did South Korean pro ballpayer and pitcher Myung-hwan Park until his league banned the practice.
Evidently the pitcher has quite a follow-through--his hat flew off twice in a recent game, sending the cabbage leaves flying. Korean Baseball Organization officials felt the cabbage practice " can interrupt games," hence the ruling against the vegetative cooling device. The Seattle Times, June 23, reported the KBO considered cabbage leaves to be a "foreign substance."
Cabbage is the centerpiece of Korea's ubiquitous kimchi, people. Foreign?! Sheesh.
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