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{{Game |Term=Unnamed Games - Balkans

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in New Bedford in 1858

{{Game |Term=Unnamed Games - Hungarian

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Term=Cerkelspelen (Circle-Game?)

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Scrub

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

..., Baserunning, English Rounders 1820-1870, Massachusetts Game, Predecessor Games

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Scrub

|Special Interest=Massachusetts Game, Town Ball, Predecessor Games

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Santa Barbara in April 1847

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Kickball

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Term=Unnamed Games - Czech

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Wicket

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Term=Canadian Game

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

...ormat=count}} Clubs leading up to organized Baseball. Plus "first baseball game/club" in 3,863 different US towns, and "first baseball" in 215 different co ...llgame]]|format=count}}), [[Predecessor Games in United States|Predecessor Games]], [[Fields in United States|Fields]]

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

...span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span>Strong similarity to the Massachusetts Game is found.</span></p>

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Predecessor Game

{{Game |Term=Massachusetts Game

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game of ball in Williamstown in 1858

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|NY Rules=No - Predecessor |Game Number=

{{Subtitle|A compilation of {{#ask: [[Category:Games]] | format = count }} games with a resemblance to baseball, most often using base-running and run-scori ...Games is dedicated to Francis Willughby (1635-1672), compiler of a Book of Games, an early member of the England's pathbreaking Royal Society, and perhaps n

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

|Game=Rounders |Text=<p><u>The Every Boy's Book of Games, Sports, and Diversions</u> [London, Vickers], per David Block, <u>Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

...me help to new Origins diggers who were looking for search terms for local games that may have morphed into base ball.&nbsp; We thought is those days to loo == List of Predecessor Games ==

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |Game=base, old cat

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

...article surveys base ball's the many predecessor games before the New York game was established.</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Name=game with wickets in Sheffield in 1800

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Games of bat and ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hat ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

...<p>From Protoball Entry #1856.18 &ndash; First Reported Canadian Base Ball Game Occurs, in ONT</p> <p>"September 12, 1856 &ndash;"The first reported game of Canadian baseball is played in London, Ontario, with the London Club def

{{Game |Game Family=Kickball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Entry Origin=Games Tab |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Round Ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

* '''[http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/ Our Game]''' – ''[[John Thorn]]'', Official Historian of Major League Baseball ;Coverage: All of baseball history; many entries address the pre-professional game

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game="Game of Ball and Bat"

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Canadian Game

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Headline=Man Recalls July 4th Game Sixty Years Earlier |Game=

...started in 1856, and may have played a "predecessor" game. See predecessor games. The Tecumsehs were named after a local hotel that co-sponsored the team. I

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

|Description=<p>In 1858, doubtful they played the NY rules game.</p> |Sources=<p>See Predecessor games</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Base-Ball

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Base

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Game |Game Family=Kickball

|NY Rules=No - Predecessor |Game Number=

...&nbsp;<em>Base Ball.)&nbsp;</em>The MLB.com crew spent a damp week filming games of stoolball, rounders, cricket, and trapball.&nbsp;&nbsp;There were times ...l provide additional details on the release of&nbsp;<em>The Origins of the Game"</em>&nbsp;when they become available.</p>

...he 19th Century" says Brown Square was the site of Rochester's first match game.</p> <p>Other early games were played at Jones Square, Franklin Square, and the Babbitt Tract.</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Play ball, baseball (retro)

|Entry Origin=Games Tab 2 |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Game=Wicket ...west of Ottawa and Marseilles. &nbsp;Now the headline says that this was a game of base ball, rather than wicket, but the box score, which I attached, is k

...e pic-nic ground, makai of the Stone Church, where, after a few appetizing games of ball, they sat down to a sumptuous repast..."</p> ...t not certain, that the game played was base-ball and not some predecessor game such as wicket, which was known in the Islands.</p>

|Game=American Cricket, |Text=<p>"By 1855, <strong>Cricket</strong> was clearly the leading ball game . . . .&nbsp; Clearly, there was no opposition to cricket because it was En

{{Predecessor Game |Game="Bat"

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Kickball

|Game=Poisoned Ball ...ock sees the second game,&nbsp;<em>la balle au baton,</em>&nbsp;as a scrub game played without teams. The ball was put in play by fungo hits with a bat, an

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Game= ...construction of the great dam. Now and then we hear, quite casually, of a game of 'rounders' or of a strange rough-and-tumble amusement called football; b

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

|Game=Base Ball ...of Medway MA. The Excelsiors won, 100-56, and received $500 in gold. "The game, in which 80 innings were played, occupied nearly 11 hours, and proved quit

|Entry Origin=Games Tab 2 |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

A game played on an ice surface; ...ition, a game isn’t hockey if ANY of these six characteristics is missing. Games considered closest to hockey share most of these characteristics. Thus fiel

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Round Ball

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game of ball in Bellingham in 1840

|Entry Origin=Games Tab |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Entry Origin=Games Tab 2 |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game="Bowl" (ball)

|Entry Origin=Games Tab |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Entry Origin=Games Tab 2 |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Base ball??

...dern ("New York rules") form of base ball and the predecessor base-running games (base, wicket, round-ball, cricket, etc.) that were known to have been play ...ayed in the area . . . by adults, youths, juveniles, females before the NY game reached the area? Were local on-field/off-field variations maintained in s

...tend our knowledge of the early roots of base ball and similar baserunning games in the six New England states. The page serves as something of a homepage ...early evolution of base ball, and also displays original analyses from the game's amateur era. in 2018 the site was cited by SABR as its Bob Davids Award

...dern ("New York rules") form of base ball and the predecessor base-running games (base, wicket, round-ball, cricket, etc.) that were known to have been play ...ayed in the area . . . by adults, youths, juveniles, females before the NY game reached the area? Were local on-field/off-field variations maintained in s

{{Game |Term=The Union Hall Game of Ball

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

...tizens of Little Rock, and the ladies in particular, to attend and see the games of the Club, on Saturday evening next, the second of May, at 3 o&rsquo;cloc <p>If the Little Rock Ball Club was indeed a baseball club or even a baseball predecessor club, it would be the earliest mention of any sort of club in the state.</p

...all, over 12,000 early clubs, a registry of over 300 different baserunning games, a few hundred key reference works on early ballplaying, etc. Dave Anderson ...er time. It is designed so that individual club pages can link to a club's games, players, and field locations. For an example, see New York City's Knickerb

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

<p>[] Charles Sinnott writes that in early childhood "the little boys' ball game was either "Three-old-cats" or "Four-Old Cats," and describes both variatio ...of seven to ten players on a team.&nbsp; "It was originally an old English game much played in&nbsp; the colonies."</p>

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Game |Game Family=Fungo

|Entry Origin=Games Tab |NY Rules=No - Predecessor

|Title=The First Baseball Game In Mexico ...cle below was originally published in John Thorne’s MLB history blog, “Our Game.”

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

'''GAME OF BASE BALL,'''</big><br> ...osed of india-rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, in all match games, shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of the

'''GAME OF BASE BALL''',<br> ...ed of india-rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, ''in all match games'', shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of t

'''GAME OF BASE BALL,'''</big><br> ...osed of India rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, in all match games, shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of the

'''GAME OF BASE BALL,'''</big><br> ...osed of india-rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, in all match games, shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of the

'''GAME OF BASE BALL,'''</big><br> ...osed of India rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, in all match games, shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of the

...d thus on this fateful day, an eager collection of teenage girls enjoyed a game of rounders in front of an American film crew, and that crew itself was the

1845 represent an evolutionary moment in the development of the modern game of baseball rather than a revolutionary invention of a new game. A rule-by-rule

...on of the origins of the game of baseball, baseball’s predecessor bat-ball games, and the growth of baseball prior to 1871 (when professional, league baseba Editors Note: Each issue we plan to highlight a bat-ball game that preceded baseball.