Lahden Mailaveikot

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Game Lahden Mailaveikot
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location Finland
Regions Europe
Eras Contemporary, Post-1900, Derivative
Description

Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. Bo-Ball is played in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent.

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Sources

Per Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” Genus 5 (1941).  Reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6.  See page 260ff in Block.

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