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|Description=<p>There is considerable evidence that Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS (Latter-Day-Saints) Church, played a bat-ball game, and that later reminiscences hinted that this was baseball. The Ken Burns baseball series hints at this. The sources are accumulted at <a class="external free" title="http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/" href="http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/" rel="nofollow">http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/</a> . The evidence suggests that a bat-ball game was played at Nauvoo in 1841.</p> | |Description=<p>There is considerable evidence that Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS (Latter-Day-Saints) Church, played a bat-ball game, and that later reminiscences hinted that this was baseball. The Ken Burns baseball series hints at this. The sources are accumulted at <a class="external free" title="http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/" href="http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/" rel="nofollow">http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/</a> . The evidence suggests that a bat-ball game was played at Nauvoo in 1841.</p> | ||
<p>Smith had grown up in upstate New York, and may have been exposed to some early form of baseball there.</p> | <p>Smith had grown up in upstate New York, and may have been exposed to some early form of baseball there.</p> | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 18 November 2013
| Date of Game | 1841 |
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| Game | Town Ball? |
| Location | Nauvoo, IL, United States |
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| Field | Add Field Page |
| Home Team | Add Club Page |
| Away Team | Add Club Page |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Description | There is considerable evidence that Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS (Latter-Day-Saints) Church, played a bat-ball game, and that later reminiscences hinted that this was baseball. The Ken Burns baseball series hints at this. The sources are accumulted at http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/ . The evidence suggests that a bat-ball game was played at Nauvoo in 1841. Smith had grown up in upstate New York, and may have been exposed to some early form of baseball there. |
| Sources | http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/ |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entry Origin | Sabrpedia |
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