In the mid-late 19th century, people were playing a few different bat and ball games. Baseball eventually emerged as fan favorite and this is the story of how that happened.
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This episode played out over a two and a half year period. Through conversations, research, and some field work, Origins tells three different stories in a single episode.
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INSIDE THE EPISODE
<a href="https://howbaseballhappened.com/">How Baseball Happened by Tom Gilbe</a><a href="https://howbaseballhappened.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">rt</a>
<a href="https://protoball.org/21st_Century_Townball">21st Century Townball</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-twenty-first-century-townball-podcast/id1694074503">21st Century Townball Podcast</a>
<a href="https://dukehomestead.org/">Duke Homestead </a>
<a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/09/23/in-wytheville-base-ball-by-1865-rules/">Wyhteville Statesman In the News </a>
<a href="https://www.nps.gov/people/abner-doubleday.htm">Some Bio on Abner Doubleday</a>
MUSIC
<a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions </a>
<a href="https://www.storyblocks.com/">Storyblocks</a>

<description>&lt;p class=""&gt;In the mid-late 19th century, people were playing a few different bat and ball games. Baseball eventually emerged as fan favorite and this is the story of how that happened.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=""&gt;This episode played out over a two and a half year period. Through conversations, research, and some field work, Origins tells three different stories in a single episode.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;To support future ObscureBall stories, please consider making a donation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/smallleagueprod?country.x=US&amp;amp;locale.x=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DONATE&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;INSIDE THE EPISODE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://howbaseballhappened.com/"&gt;How Baseball Happened by Tom Gilbe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://howbaseballhappened.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;rt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://protoball.org/21st_Century_Townball"&gt;21st Century Townball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-twenty-first-century-townball-podcast/id1694074503"&gt;21st Century Townball Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://dukehomestead.org/"&gt;Duke Homestead &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/09/23/in-wytheville-base-ball-by-1865-rules/"&gt;Wyhteville Statesman In the News &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nps.gov/people/abner-doubleday.htm"&gt;Some Bio on Abner Doubleday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;MUSIC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sessions.blue/"&gt;Blue Dot Sessions &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.storyblocks.com/"&gt;Storyblocks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In the mid-late 19th century, people were playing a few different bat and ball games. Baseball eventually emerged as fan favorite and this is the story of how that happened.
 
This episode played out over a two and a half year period. Through conversations, research, and some field work, Origins tells three different stories in a single episode.
To support future ObscureBall stories, please consider making a donation.
DONATE 
INSIDE THE EPISODE
How Baseball Happened by Tom Gilbert
21st Century Townball
21st Century Townball Podcast
Duke Homestead 
Wyhteville Statesman In the News 
Some Bio on Abner Doubleday
MUSIC
Blue Dot Sessions 
Storyblocks

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