The story that Abner Doubleday invented Baseball in Cooperstown is easily proven to be complete hokum. The game evolved over many decades from the English game of rounders and the American game of town ball.
The first WRITTEN rules of a game, in which batters are out by being tagged with a ball (instead of being hit by a thrown ball, a basic rule of town ball), was done in New York in 1845. These were called (surprise!) the "New York Rules." Within a couple of decades or so, most teams were playinga game that had evolved to being recognizable as what is played today.
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It is the greatest sport ever invented and it should be the most popular sport in every country.
Abner Doubleday invented baseball as a sport
Of the 10 most popular sports in the world, 8 were invented in Britain, hence, Britain is widely considered to be the home of modern sport.
no it was not
the first sport ever invented was rugby, in Greenland! :)