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Were did baseball originate

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Abner Doubleday invented Baseball and it was played in the 1860's.

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The myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball is not supported by evidence. The game was being played in both Canada and the US at least 30 years before the fabled invention in the 1860's. Sporting Life magazine wrote about a game played in Beachville Ontario in 1839.

The basic rules were codified by Alexander Cartwright, of the New York Knickerbockers in 1845, again well before Doubleday came on the scene. The story of Doubleday has no evidence. On the contrary, only one person made the claim and he has been thoroughly discredited.

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