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The Prehistories of Baseball (Paperback)
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The Prehistories of Baseball (Paperback)
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The earliest forms of baseball incorporated the defensive
strategies and skills of protecting one's territory against others.
The ancient arts of throwing (distance warfare), hitting (close
quarters combat), and running (attack and retreat) were
incorporated into the game. Early humans recognised the importance
of the sun and knew that without it life would be doomed. They
sought to placate the sun by respectfully deifying it. The sun was
viewed as a living entity and which like every living being must
also be in need of drink and food. The game developed under the
early Celts/Druids served them as a means for military, religious,
and social education. As the Celts/Druids came under the control of
their Roman overlords, and later the Christian Church, their
customs and practices, including their games, fell out of favour.
Despite this persecution, some of their 'folk-games' survived the
millennia and are known in recorded history under such innocuous
names as 'stool-ball', 'tut-ball,' and 'base-ball.' Others such as
the Teutonic and Scandinavian peoples added their contributions to
early British traditions. The descendents of the Early British,
despite the loss of their traditions and languages, were still able
to connect with each other and enjoy themselves in their ancestral
games. These variant games were taken to the New World where the
accepted standardization of their various informal rules led to the
rapid spread and development of the modern game of baseball.
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