Mariners mutiny against the concept of good baseball, lose 8-2

My undergraduate thesis is due Wednesday. When I signed up to recap this game a week ago, I figured it would make for a relaxing break from thinking about history to think about baseball for a few hours.

I was wrong.

For those of you who don’t know me, (and why would you?) I’m studying history at the University of Texas (go horns). In keeping with my love of the sea, I’m writing about my thesis on the short-lived Texas Navy of the early 1840s. That navy, which faced many problems you’ll be able to read about in my thesis, only ever had one mutiny.

The schooner San Antonio was in harbor in New Orleans. Some of the officers went ashore, but forbade the sailors from leaving the ship. The sergeant…