Take Mark Twain Award out to the ballgame

Legend has it, Samuel Clemens attended a baseball game on May 18, 1875 -- he reportedly saw the Hartford Dark Blues defeat the Boston Red Stockings, 10-5.
His namesake, MARK TWAIN AWARD, received a taste of the national pastime when the MILWAUKEE BREWERS recently hosted the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS at Miller Park.

The July 2, 1887 Elmira (N.Y.) Daily Advertiser reported that Mark Twain umpired a contest of "the old-fashioned game of base ball" between the Alerts and the Unions.
Mark Twain Award took no officially active role in the contest between the Brewers and the Giants. However, he did take up a prominent position with the "Miller Park Heroes," including former Gov. Tommy Thompson.