Daily Quiz for July 20, 2008

Baseball’s seventh-inning stretch. Manhattan College athletic director Brother Jasper initiated this American tradition of baseball’s seventh-inning stretch. Feeling sorry for restless students watching an 1882 baseball game between the college team and the semi-pro Metropolitans, Brother Jasper called a time-out during the seventh inning and asked the spectators to stand up and stretch for a little while. This was repeated at another college game against the New York Giants baseball team. In honor of their coach, Manhattan College named their team the Jaspers.