Cover of Prehistories of Baseball

Book 2016

Prehistories of Baseball

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Publisher
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Language
English
Published
2016
  • Baseball, history

"The game of baseball developed under the early Celts/Druids. As they came under the control of their Roman overlords their customs and practices fell out of favour. Despite this persecution, some of their 'folk-games' survived the millennia and are known in recorded history under such innocuous names as 'stool-ball', 'tut-ball,' and 'base-ball.'"--