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Abner Doubleday  

poles538 80M
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3/1/2016 5:39 am

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3/2/2016 6:15 am
Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Doubleday has been historically credited with inventing baseball, although this appears to be untrue. The Mills Commission was appointed in 1905 to determine the origin of baseball. The committee's final report, stated that "the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839. However, there is considerable evidence to dispute this claim. Baseball historian George B. Kirsch has described the results of the Mills Commission as a "myth". Despite the lack of solid evidence linking Doubleday to the origins of baseball, Cooperstown, New York became the home of what is today the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

BostonHungfun8 43M
500 posts
3/1/2016 9:00 am

 Very nice , I love cooperstown I go out there every year


sphxdiver 74M
21063 posts
3/1/2016 5:44 am

 Who doesn't like Baseball ?


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