Baseball is British, oh no!

[Joel S. Berson]

I'm not going to worry -- the name's the same, but is the game?

Joel

At 9/12/2008 09:48 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>This is a highly important discovery, but it should be noted, as the
>Sports Illustrated/AP story fails to note, that it has long been
>known that "base-ball" is mentioned, with an actual picture of the
>game being played, in John Newberry's "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book,"
>which appears to date back to 1744.
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
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>David A. Daniel [dad at POKERWIZ.COM]
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>Subject: Baseball is British, oh no!
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>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/09/11/baseball.england.ap
>/index.html?cnn=yes
>
>"Easter Monday 31 March 1755
>
>"Went to Stoke Ch. This morning. After Dinner Went to Miss Jeale's to play
>at Base Ball with her, the 3 Miss Whiteheads, Miss Billinghurst, Miss Molly
>Flutter, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Ford & H. Parsons & Jelly. Drank Tea and stayed
>till 8."
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