where did baseball originate from?

Answer 1

It probably evolved from the old english game of Rounders, but I don't where or when that started

Answer 2

There is evidence that people played games involving a stick and a ball since the early days of civilization. Ancient cultures in Persia, Egypt, and Greece played stick-and-ball games for recreation and as part of certain ceremonies. Games of this type had spread throughout Europe by the Middle Ages (5th century to 15th century) and became popular in a variety of forms. Europeans brought stick-and-ball games to the American colonies as early as the 1600s. Until the late 1700s, however, they were widely considered children’s games.

By the early 1800s, a variety of stick-and-ball games had become popular in North America. Most of these games originated in England. Many people in northeastern cities such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia played cricket, a traditional game of English aristocrats. But an English game called rounders, which was eventually played in rural and urban communities throughout North America, most closely resembled modern baseball.

Rounders called for a batter to strike a ball and run around bases without being put out. Balls that were caught on the fly, or in some cases after one bounce, were commonly outs. Rounders also involved the practice of plugging, soaking, or stinging, in which fielders could put runners out by throwing the ball at them as they ran between bases. The rules of rounders varied widely from place to place, and people used various names to describe it, including town ball, one o’ cat, and base ball (which was eventually shortened to baseball).

Answer 3

Abner Doubleday invented the game in America

Answer 4

The mind of Abner Doubleday.

Answer 5

it was texas is where baseball originated from i think

Answer 6

From a girls game in England called Rounders....seriously, you can't make something as apt as that up!

Answer 7

a game played by soldiers during the American civil war

Answer 8

I would say it comes from Cricket and Rounders but other then that can't say for sure.

Answer 9

thought I read that it was taken to the states by the japanese....and all we get is knotweed

Answer 10

well, it's a revised version of cricket...
so i'd say england