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Latest revision as of 13:03, 25 September 2020

Game	English Base Ball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Great Britain
Regions	Britain
Eras	1700s, 1800s, Post-1900, Predecessor
Invented	No
Tags
Description	Only in the 21st Century did we come to appreciate that a major predecessor of modern baseball was an English pastime known as <wait for it> “base ball”.
Sources	David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It. David Block, Pastime Lost.
Source Image	[[Image:\|left\|thumb]]
Comment	Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Edit with form to add a query
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 |Location=Great Britain
 |Game Regions=Britain
-|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1700s, 1800s, Post-1900
+|Game Eras=1700s, 1800s, Post-1900, Predecessor
 |Invented Game=No
-|Description=<p>Only in the 21st Century did we learn that a major predecessor of modern baseball was an English pastime known as &ldquo;base ball&rdquo;.</p>
+|Description=<p>Only in the 21st Century did we come to appreciate that a major predecessor of modern baseball was an English pastime known as &lt;wait for it&gt; &ldquo;base ball&rdquo;.</p>
 |Sources=<p>David Block,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball Before We Knew It.</span></p>
 <p>David Block,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastime Lost.</span></p>
 <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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 |Has Supplemental Text=No
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