"The early years and origins of baseball" Topic
1 Post
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please avoid recent politics on the forums.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the 19th Century Discussion Message Board
Action Log
31 Aug 2022 9:33 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Removed from General Historical Discussion boardCrossposted to 19th Century Discussion board
Areas of Interest19th Century
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article Four more villagers from vampire-infested Romania.
Featured Profile Article Once Gabriel received his digital camera, his destiny was clear – he was to become a remote wargamer.
Featured Book Review
|
| Tango01 | 31 Aug 2022 9:21 p.m. PST |
"The story of baseball's origins is pretty simple. In 1839 in the city of Cooperstown, New York, Abner Doubleday developed the game of baseball, with the first game being held there according to the rules and regulations set down by the future Union general. From there, the game spread throughout the country, and when the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame was established in the 1930s, the sport's birthplace was the natural location for it. It's a nice story, but it's just that — a story. There's actually no real evidence that Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball at all. For starters, he wasn't even in Cooperstown in 1839, but rather was at West Point. No records, written or otherwise, from in or around Cooperstown have even a passing mention of "base ball," nor is there any significant record of the sport in Doubleday's own personal writings. When the Civil War general died in 1893, his obituary did not mention the sport at all. So how did a random general end up being credited as the inventor of America's national pastime? Based on the testimony of one man — Abner Graves, who was five years old in 1839 — a National League commission declared Doubleday to be the sport's inventor in 1908; the reason for this seems to be a desire to reject other proposed origins that would give baseball an English origin in favor of one that made it entirely American…"
Main page
link
Armand |
|
