German Baseball

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Game	German Baseball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Germany
Regions	Europe
Eras	Post-1900, Derivative
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Description	This game, described as an amalgam of Baseball and traditional German Schlagball, was introduced in 1986 by Roland Naul in the context of a revival of Turner games for German youth. In the mid-1990s, a one-handed wooden bat was developed especially for the game. As of October 2009, we are uncertain how the two sets of rules were blended to make this new game. The author mentions that the fielding team can score points as well as the batting team. From 2012 searches, it is not clear that this game is still played.
Sources	Roland Naul, “Applied Sport History,” Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (Plantin-Print, Budapest, 2002), pages 432ff.
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