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Baseball Before We Knew It, the Glossary

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.^[1]

12 relations: A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Abner Doubleday, Cricket, Doubleday myth, History of baseball, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Rounders, Society for American Baseball Research, Softball, University of Nebraska Press.
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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book

A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly with Two Letters from Jack the Giant Killer is the title of a 1744 children's book by British publisher John Newbery.

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Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Doubleday myth

The Doubleday myth is the claim that the sport of baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York.

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History of baseball

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.

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Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths

Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, also called Guts Muth or Gutsmuths (9 August 1759 – 21 May 1839), was a teacher and educator in Germany, and is especially known for his role in the development of physical education.

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Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York

The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today.

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Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Rounders

Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams.

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Society for American Baseball Research

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball, primarily through the use of statistics.

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Softball

Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted.

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