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A Little About Baseball History
people played games that involved a stick and a ball, right back
to the early days of civilization. Ancient cultures in Persia,
Egypt, and Greece played ball and stick games for recreation and
as part of special ceremonies where celebrations were rituals.
Ball and stick games of this type spread throughout Europe in
the Middle Ages and became even popular as different varieties
took hold. Europeans brought ball and stick games to the
American colonies as early as the 1600s. Until the late 1700s,
however, they were widely considered children's games.
By the early 1800s, a variety of ball and stick games had also
become popular in North America. Many people in nort...
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