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The exact evolution of the game of baseball is unknown before 1845. The only trace of the exact game of baseball is the knickerbocker rules but those can only be traced back until 1845. There were once two camps. One, mostly English, asserted that baseball evolved from a game of English origin, the other, almost entirely American, said that baseball was an American invention (perhaps derived from another American game). Apparently they saw their positions as mutually exclusive. Some of their points seem more national loyalty than evidence: Americans tended to reject any suggestion that baseball evolved from an English game, while some English observers concluded that baseball was little more than their rounders without the round. |
Baseball Before 1845
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