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|Location=New England, WNY, Upper Midwest | |Location=New England, WNY, Upper Midwest | ||
|Game Regions=US | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor | |Game Eras=1800s, Predecessor | ||
|Description=<p>This is the game played according to rules that were codified in May 1858 in Dedham Massachusetts. | |Invented Game=No | ||
|Description=<p>This is the game played according to rules that were codified in May 1858 in Dedham Massachusetts. It featured short basepaths, an absence of foul ground, plugging of runners, a smaller and softer and lighter ball, wooden stakes in place of sascks as bases,winners definied as the first team to reach 100 “tallies,” and a one-out-side-out rule. It remains unclear how close these rules -- written 13 years after the Knickerbocker rules were codified -- were to round ball, goal ball, and/or base games played in MA for the previous 50-75 years.</p> | |||
<p>The Massachusetts Game declined fairly rapidly after 1860.</p> | <p>The Massachusetts Game declined fairly rapidly after 1860.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>The Mass game rules appeared in Mayhew and Baker, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> | |Sources=<p>The Mass game rules appeared in Mayhew and Baker, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Base Ball.</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A <br />Manual of Cricket and Base Ball, With Rules and Regulations Illustrated</span>. <br />(Boston, Mayhew and Baker, 1858), pages20 - 24.</p> | ||
<p>For a more modern treatment, see John Thorn's Our Game blog at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-game-that-got-away-a385699cd936</p> | |||
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Revision as of 10:22, 7 September 2021
| Game | Massachusetts Game |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | New England, WNY, Upper Midwest |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1800s, Predecessor |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | This is the game played according to rules that were codified in May 1858 in Dedham Massachusetts. It featured short basepaths, an absence of foul ground, plugging of runners, a smaller and softer and lighter ball, wooden stakes in place of sascks as bases,winners definied as the first team to reach 100 “tallies,” and a one-out-side-out rule. It remains unclear how close these rules -- written 13 years after the Knickerbocker rules were codified -- were to round ball, goal ball, and/or base games played in MA for the previous 50-75 years. The Massachusetts Game declined fairly rapidly after 1860. |
| Sources | The Mass game rules appeared in Mayhew and Baker, Base Ball. A For a more modern treatment, see John Thorn's Our Game blog at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-game-that-got-away-a385699cd936 |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
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