Baseball inventor faith?

Question

Was the inventor of Baseball, a Moslum?

Answer 1

The game of baseball developed from games already in existence (cricket and rounders) and was given to us by Alexander Cartwright:

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbaseball.htm

The Doubleday story is a huge myth - he wasn't even in Cooperstown at the time he allegedly invented the game, and he never recorded anything in his journals having to do with the game. It's a myth that baseball created about 75 years ago to go along with opening the Hall of Fame.

Answer 2

There was no single "inventor" of baseball. Alexander Cartwright is probably the closest person to being the inventor, and he was not Muslim. Hitting a ball with a stick is a game that has recurred in many cultures, though, and it's quite likely some variation on the game was played at some time in the Middle East.

Answer 3

Although the sport has no set "inventor," you can look at it's roots to determine any sort of religious relevence. Mostly, baseball is derived from two predominantly English games, rounders and townball, modified in America by numerous individuals and teams who crafted the game to suit there own personal needs. Chief among these were Alexander Joy Cartwright and Harry Wright, neither of whom were Muslim. Indeed, placing the spawning grounds of baseball in England and the U.S. between 1750 and 1870 practically assures that its many different inventors were from some brand of Christianity. However, the early history of the sport paints it as a rough game played by rough men, and not something that particularly endeared itself to Christianity or, for that matter, any religion.

Answer 4

There is a poem called "Base Ball" that was published in Great Britain in 1744 and reads

The ball once struck off
Away flies the boy
To the next destined point
And then home with joy

clearly talking about a game similar to baseball. Abner Doubleday then did not invent baseball. The modern game of baseball could be considered invented by Alexander Cartwright because he designed most of the rules of modern baseball.

Answer 5

Moslum? You must mean Mosley!

Main Entry: Mos·ley
Pronunciation: 'mOz-lE
Function: biographical name
Sir Oswald Er.nald /'&r-n&ld/ 1896-1980 English politician

No this guy did not invent baseball.

Answer 6

Baseball wasn't invented. It was adapted from other games that were commonly played, and the rules of the game were originally codified by Alexander Cartwright.

Your question is moot.

Answer 7

no, Abner Doubleday, civil war hero, made the game up