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| - | '''PLEASE NOTE: To input new entries for the Spread of Baseball Project, please visit | + | '''PLEASE NOTE: To input new entries for the Spread of Baseball Project, please visit http://protoball.org/Pre-pro_Baseball.''' |
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| - | A history of the early playing of baseball and the locations and people involved. This is a project of [http://sabr.org/research/origins-committee | + | A history of the early playing of baseball and the locations and people involved. This is a project of [http://sabr.org/research/origins-committee]. |
You can view the information already assembled by scrolling down on this page and navigating by region, or by viewing one of the lists in the sidebar at the right. | You can view the information already assembled by scrolling down on this page and navigating by region, or by viewing one of the lists in the sidebar at the right. | ||
| - | If you are interested in contributing your own research on early baseball, visit | + | If you are interested in contributing your own research on early baseball, visit http://protoball.org/Pre-pro_Baseball. |
== 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: | ||
