Name: April 1: Who Invented Baseball?
Uploaded: 2021-04-01
Duration: 02 minutes 20 seconds
Description: Where did the 'great American pastime' come from? Contrary to popular lore, Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in Cooperstown, New York. Doubleday never claimed to be the inventor, and there is no reliable record connecting him to the game.

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Where did the 'great American pastime' come from? Contrary to popular lore, Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in Cooperstown, New York. Doubleday never claimed to be the inventor, and there is no reliable record connecting him to the game.... More

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