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- | A history of the early playing of baseball and the locations and people involved. This | + | A history of the early playing of baseball and the locations and people involved. This project is associated with '''SABR's Origins Research Committee'''. |
- | + | * To learn more about the committee, visit the [http://research.sabr.org/origins/committee-info Origins committee site]. | |
- | + | * For an introduction to the current state of knowledge on the origins of the modern game, visit the [http://research.sabr.org/origins/resources resources page] on the committee site. | |
+ | * For more information on the project and how to contribute research, view the [http://research.sabr.org/origins/spread Spread of Baseball project page]. | ||
+ | * For records of games, clubs, and predecessor games, just continue down this page. | ||
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== The Project == | == The Project == | ||
Modern baseball is first seen in the Knickerbocker Rules, which were written in 1845 in New York City. By the late 1860s, “baseball fever” had carried the “New York game” far and wide in North America, and the worldwide spread began. We hope that a community effort to dig up facts on its arrival in many local areas will allow us to see how (and eventually, why) baseball reached some areas early and others only later on. In each locality, we hope to learn: | Modern baseball is first seen in the Knickerbocker Rules, which were written in 1845 in New York City. By the late 1860s, “baseball fever” had carried the “New York game” far and wide in North America, and the worldwide spread began. We hope that a community effort to dig up facts on its arrival in many local areas will allow us to see how (and eventually, why) baseball reached some areas early and others only later on. In each locality, we hope to learn: |