by Roger Clemens
Henry Chadwick, called the father of baseball, its first critic and the inventor of the box groove, claimed that American baseball was positively descended from the British contest of rounders, which became "urban sphere" in this country, then baseball. He was an eyewitness to the evolution, having seen rounders played as a boy in England, [...]
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by Roger Clemens
Henry Chadwick, called the father of baseball, its first writer and the inventor of the box score, claimed that American baseball was positively descended from the British game of rounders, which became "town ball" in this country, then baseball. He was an eyewitness to the evolution, having seen rounders played as a boy in England, [...]
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