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Dugouts are a form of field fortification- were used in World War I in trench warfare. this strongly hints at some primitive peoples" practice- such as American Indians, who also had ( Dugout) canoes- later replaced by the birch bark type which ape modern stressed-skin construction! The possibility exists there was originally a diamond shaped trench which ran around the basepaths with spoil banks at the sides- and this connected semi-underground to the proper Dugout. all in all a primitive and somewhat warlike custom.

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First use was "The dugouts of the new-fangled players' benches have been put into good shape," Brooklyn Eagle, April 13, 1908.

Source: The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, Third Edition.

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