Baseball, the game, Made in England.

[Germanicus]

American Baseball fans may find it difficult to believe but the first home run was made in the Home Counties.
The sport was played in Surrey long before it became big in U,S, historians said yesterday.
A diary which mentions a baseball game in Guildford in 1755 has been verified as authentic by the Surrey History Centre.
Written by lawyer William Bray, it tells of a game with friends. He lived from 1736 to 1832 and spent most of his life researching the history of Surrey.
Surrey county council says that Major League baseball, the governing body of the sport in the U,S, has accepted that the diary found in a shed near Guildford by local historian Tricia St John Barry, contains the worlds earliest known manuscript reference to Baseball.
Helyn Clack, from the council, said "Our history centre and a an inquisitive local historian have provided the earliest manuscript proof the game came from England."

[Ricardo Reis]

I always thought cricket to be the original sport that was made in Britain and baseball its bad imitation made by yankees.

It sucks anyway.

[Germanicus]

Originally Posted by Ricardo Reis

I always thought cricket to be the original sport that was made in Britain and baseball its bad imitation made by yankees.

It sucks anyway.

Cricket is pure English eccentricity at its best..........i agree Baseball is for the American palate.

[Milesian]

So what is "Rounders", then?
Is it Cricket or Baseball or something else entirely?
I have vague recollections of it from my school days.

[Germanicus]

Originally Posted by Milesian

So what is "Rounders", then?
Is it Cricket or Baseball or something else entirely?
I have vague recollections of it from my school days.

That would be the girlie game of rounders.........

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Germanicus

That would be the girlie game of rounders.........

Hey, don't laugh. It's not like we were given a choice