2007-01-31 12:29:54 · 9 answers · asked by khadijah g 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The old English game of Rounders which was played in the late 17th and early 18th century. It is believed that baseball was formed from this sport by Abner Doubleday.
2007-01-31 13:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by P.I. Stingray 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There were and are various games from which baseball was developed, including but far from limited to cricket and rounders.
Ken Burns did a great job of explaining this in the first episode (called the first inning) of his documentary series on baseball.
You can borrow it from any public library. It was done for PBS, and the copyright is dated 1994.
2007-02-01 00:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean predecessor and if that is the case, the game of baseball comes from the English game of cricket or rounders which was made from an even older game known as stool ball...
2007-01-31 20:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by kwann08 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is called "rounders", an English game. Cricket is not the correct answer.
2007-01-31 20:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by BPL 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rounders.
2007-02-01 15:03:40 · answer #5 · answered by Travis R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The predecessor is rounders, not cricket.
2007-01-31 20:43:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ROUNDERS
CRICKET
A GAME THAT THE AZTECS PLAYED.
2007-02-02 17:44:27 · answer #7 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CRICKET - ENGLISH
ROUNDERS - ENGLISH
RACKETBALL - AMERICAN
MINEW - INDIAN
2007-02-04 13:57:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CRICKET
2007-01-31 20:33:58 · answer #9 · answered by SOCK MONKEY 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋