Are we to believe the latest theory that baseball was first played in Britain? Local historians in Surrey have confirmed that the game was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence. A diary documenting a game being played in Guildford in 1755 has been verified by the Surrey History Centre.
FOOTNOTE: Diamonds are forever.
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We play a traditional British game which is very similar called Rounders - I wonder if that's what they mean.
Yes, I was going to reference "rounders" as well. I think they may have the two similar games mixed up. But there certainly are an awful lot of similarities between the two.
Alternate Footnote:
They used King Louis-ville sluggers...
Bradley
The Egel Nest
I thought they only played cricket.
Ha! So we had it first! Well naturally!
I've always said baseball is just a fancy name for rounders (and is usually played by a bunch of girlies, teehee)..
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