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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1858
|Year Number=14
|Headline=Adult Play [Finally!] Signaled in New Manual for Cricket and Base Ball
|Headline=Adult Play [Finally!] Signaled in New Manual for Cricket and Base Ball
|Year=1858
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p><u>Manual of Cricket and Base Ball</u> [Boston, Mayhew and Baker], per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, pages 218-219. Only four of this manual's 24 pages are given over to base ball, the newly composed rules for the MA game. Block: "Its historical significance lies in the fact that this was the first treatment of baseball as a pastime for adults in a book made available to the general public."</p>
|Location=New England,
|Country=United States
|State=MA
|City=Boston
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Manual of Cricket and Base Ball</span> [Boston, Mayhew and Baker],. Only four of this manual's 24 pages are given over to base ball, the newly composed rules for the MA game. Block: "Its historical significance lies in the fact that this was the first treatment of baseball as a pastime for adults in a book made available to the general public."</p>
|Sources=<p>David Block,&nbsp;<span>Baseball Before We Knew It</span>, pages 218-219</p>
|Comment=<p>The need for a manual may have been first expressed in the 14 "X" letters, an anonymous series of correspondence from "X" to&nbsp;<em>Porter's Spirit of the Times.&nbsp;</em>The writer mentioned that the purpose of the letters, which examined prominent teams and players and gave instructions for playing and for operating a team, was to spur the publication of a manual. The first letter appeared on October 24, 1857.</p>
|Submission Note=Comment by Robert Tholkes 11/6/2013
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=42.3600825, -71.0588801
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Adult Play [Finally!] Signaled in New Manual for Cricket and Base Ball

Salience Noteworthy
Location New England
City/State/Country: Boston, MA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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Manual of Cricket and Base Ball [Boston, Mayhew and Baker],. Only four of this manual's 24 pages are given over to base ball, the newly composed rules for the MA game. Block: "Its historical significance lies in the fact that this was the first treatment of baseball as a pastime for adults in a book made available to the general public."

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David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, pages 218-219

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The need for a manual may have been first expressed in the 14 "X" letters, an anonymous series of correspondence from "X" to Porter's Spirit of the Times. The writer mentioned that the purpose of the letters, which examined prominent teams and players and gave instructions for playing and for operating a team, was to spur the publication of a manual. The first letter appeared on October 24, 1857.

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