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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]. | ||