Origins of baseball
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Origins of baseball
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The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern bat, ball, and running games – stoolball, cricket and rounders – were developed from folk games in early Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe. Early forms of baseball had a number of names, including "base ball", "goal ball", "round ball", "fetch-catch", "stool ball", and, simply, "base". In at least one version of the game, teams pitched to themselves
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_baseball
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2004-04-17T20:07:47Z
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2024-09-03T21:08:05Z
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