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  2. History of baseball - Wikipedia

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    The history of baseball can be broken down into various aspects: by era, by locale, by organizational-type, game evolution, as well as by political and cultural influence. The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern ...

  3. History of cricket - Wikipedia

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    The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century and developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. International matches have been played since the 19th-century and formal Test cricket matches are considered to date from 1877.

  4. History of baseball in the United States - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of baseball in the United States dates to the 19th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball -like game by their own informal rules using homemade equipment. The popularity of the sport grew and amateur men's ball clubs were formed in the 1830–50s.

  5. Origins of baseball - Wikipedia

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    The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern bat, ball, and running games – stoolball, cricket and rounders – were developed from folk games in early Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe (such as France and Germany).

  6. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [ 1 ]

  7. History of the Chicago White Sox - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team based on the South Side of Chicago. They are one of eight charter members of the American League, having played in Chicago since the inaugural 1901 season. They have won six American League pennants and three World Series titles, most recently in 2005.

  8. Baseball Before We Knew It - Wikipedia

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    OCLC. 56014560. Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game is a 2005 book by David Block about the history of baseball. Block looks into the early history of baseball, the debates about baseball's beginnings, and presents new evidence. [1] The book received the 2006 Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball ...

  9. Casey at the Bat - Wikipedia

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    Casey at the Bat. "Casey at the Bat" as it first appeared, June 3, 1888. " Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888 " is a mock-heroic poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published anonymously in The San Francisco Examiner (then called The Daily Examiner) on June 3, 1888, under the pen name "Phin", based ...

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