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  2. History of baseball - Wikipedia

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    The history of baseball can be broken down into various aspects: by era, by locale, by organizational-type, game evolution, as well as by political and cultural influence. The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century.

  3. Baseball (ball) - Wikipedia

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    Baseball portal; Cricket ballball as used in cricket of similar construction (cork center wrapped tightly with string and encased in leather with parallel sets of raised stitching across its girth). Spaldeen, a ball used for stickball, a variant of baseball. Juiced ball theory; M67 grenade, a frag grenade designed like a baseball.

  4. History of baseball in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of baseball in the United States dates to the 19th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball-like game by their own informal rules using homemade equipment. The popularity of the sport grew and amateur men's ball clubs were formed in the 1830–1850s.

  5. Origins of baseball - Wikipedia

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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 (such as France and Germany).

  6. Baseball - Wikipedia

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    Finnish baseball, also known as pesäpallo, is a combination of traditional ball-batting team games and North American baseball, invented by Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala in the 1920s. [ 216 ] [ 217 ] The basic idea of pesäpallo is similar to that of baseball: the offense tries to score by hitting the ball successfully and running through the bases ...

  7. 64 years ago today, the 1st MLB game was broadcast in color

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    Baseball has undergone so much overhaul in recent decades, it's become hard to keep track. But one of the biggest advancements in the game's history took place on this day in 1951.

  8. Town ball - Wikipedia

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    Town ball, townball, or Philadelphia town ball, is a bat-and-ball, safe haven game played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was similar to rounders and was a precursor to modern baseball. In some areas, including Philadelphia and along the Ohio River and Mississippi River—the local game was called Town Ball.

  9. Today in History: 1st televised baseball game - AOL

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    The first televised baseball game in the world was actually... two baseball games. The first MLB telecast was aired on Aug. 26, 1939, and was actually a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

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