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== Baseball's early spread == | == Baseball's early spread == | ||
We know that a few New York clubs played base ball in the early 1840s, but there was evidently little outward expansion until 1855 or so. By 1860, the game was being played in a several US cities, mostly in the north. The Civil War (1861-1865) seems to have suppressed growth, but soon afterward the US caught “base ball fever,” and there was both southern/westward diffusion and a spread to less populated areas. A few years later, the international spread began. | We know that a few New York clubs played base ball in the early 1840s, but there was evidently little outward expansion until 1855 or so. By 1860, the game was being played in a several US cities, mostly in the north. The Civil War (1861-1865) seems to have suppressed growth, but soon afterward the US caught “base ball fever,” and there was both southern/westward diffusion and a spread to less populated areas. A few years later, the international spread began. | ||
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(After all these predecessor games had been forgotten, the terms "town ball" and "old-fashioned base ball," terms unknown to those who had played, were used generically by some writers to mean "whatever game it was that preceded modern baseball here," a fact that adds a little confusion for today's researchers.) | (After all these predecessor games had been forgotten, the terms "town ball" and "old-fashioned base ball," terms unknown to those who had played, were used generically by some writers to mean "whatever game it was that preceded modern baseball here," a fact that adds a little confusion for today's researchers.) | ||
- | == Further reading | + | == Further reading == |
There is some information and suggested reading on the origins of modern baseball on this Origins Committee's site: [http://research.sabr.org/origins/resources/basics Getting Oriented]. | There is some information and suggested reading on the origins of modern baseball on this Origins Committee's site: [http://research.sabr.org/origins/resources/basics Getting Oriented]. | ||
== The Current Snapshots of the Geographical Spread of Base Ball == | == The Current Snapshots of the Geographical Spread of Base Ball == | ||
- | The current [[Spread of baseball project map|project map]] shows where we do (and do not!) currently have data on early baseball and on earlier local ballplaying. (There are also links to download the current data on the pages that list [[List of all early baseball games|games]], [[ | + | The current [[Spread of baseball project map|project map]] shows where we do (and do not!) currently have data on early baseball and on earlier local ballplaying. (There are also links to download the current data on the pages that list [[List of all early baseball games|games]], [[http://sabrpedia.org/wiki/List_of_all_early_baseball_clubs|clubs]], and [[List of all early baseball games|predecessor games]].) |
The project also contains lists of the earliest known games and clubs in U.S. states and other countries: | The project also contains lists of the earliest known games and clubs in U.S. states and other countries: |