The staff informally refers to the myth as the Santa Claus Theory of Cooperstown .
The staff informally likes to paraphrase sociologist Harold Seymours assessment that trying to figure out who invented baseball is like trying to figure out who invented fire .
The staff informally refers to the myth as the Santa Claus Theory of Cooperstown , and likes to paraphrase sociologist Harold Seymours assessment that trying to figure out who invented baseball is like trying to figure out who invented fire .