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Thread #171987   Message #4161504
Posted By: Lighter
06-Jan-23 - 01:00 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Mystery gesture
Subject: RE: Folklore: Mystery gesture
Sure looks like it to me.

A photo exists of American baseball player William H. Taylor raising his middle finger to the camera at the edge of a team portrait in the 1890s.

I can't find it online however.

Taylor's clubhouse nickname, btw, was "Ballocky Bill."