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May 13, 2004
Baseball's Beginnings
A 213 yr. old document, if authenticated, could contain the earliest known reference to baseball.
Officials and historians in the US state of Massachusetts have released a 213-year-old document they believe is the earliest written reference to baseball.
A 1791 bylaw aimed to protect the windows in the town of Pittsfield's new meeting house - by banning baseball within 80 yards of the building.
I'd bet it's even older than that. As long as there's been kids with a ball & a stick, there's been some form of baseball....and broken windows no doubt.
Hell, I've seen kids too poor to have a ball play with a rock.
Posted by Rita at May 13, 2004 06:34 PM