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• 1788.3  + (<p><span>"Baste-ball" is one o … <p><span>"Baste-ball" is one of several alternate spellings of baseball that are found in 18th and 19th century writings. </span></p></br><p><span>"<em>The Trifle</em>r" was a weekly satirical literary journal that ran for less than one year. Its authors, writing under the nom de plume Timothy Touchstone, were reputed to be two Cambridge students and two Oxford students, all under the age of 20.</span></p></br><p><span>An earlier (1616) translator used the term "stool-ball," a game well known in England, for the ballplaying scene.  Block explains: "Stool-ball by then [1780s] was fading in popularity.  Instead, girls and young women of he towns and villages of southern England were embracing the game of baseball."   (<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastime Lost,</span> page 56.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">)</span></span></p></br><p><span> </span></p>/span> page 56.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">)</span></span></p> <p><span> </span></p>)

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