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Early stick and ball games were played in Europe in the 1700's. These games migrated to the colonies. In the 1840's a sportswriter in New York by the name of Alexander Joy Cartwright wrote down the rules. They were soon followed by many clubs. Baseball was spread widely throughout the U.S. as a result of the Civil War.

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