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by Nulinvoid on November 8th, 2006
Abner Doubleday has generally been considered to be the originator of baseball as we know it. There is some controversy surrounding this "fact". There seems to be some evidence that a man named Edward B. Chase may have been the first to hold an organized game. http://www.historybuff.com/library/refearlybase.html
by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on November 14th, 2006
pliny the elder 435 bce
by wthing8 on September 14th, 2008
All of the above are worng It wasinvented a long time before that! It was played in the United Kingdom earlier the 1755
http://www.britsattheirbest.com/
We also invented pretty much everything else including America!
by Anonymous on March 1st, 2008
Edward B. Chase held the first organized baseball game in the 1860's.
by jin jang on March 12th, 2007
Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith(1861-1939) at Springfield College,Springfield MA .The game was patented in June 25 ,1929,by G.L. Pierce. US patent #1,718,305 http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on March 12th, 2007
Mr. Chase or Mr. Doubleday, thanks for inventing a past time that I've spent over 40 years attempting to play or watching or trying to win fantasy leagues. My bet is on Mr. Chase. I've also read that it is an American version of 'Rounders' an British game.
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I knew the answer was buried somewhere in my 12-year-old geologic layer, but I couldn't dig it up without a team of graduate students...
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