The first recorded baseball game in history was on June 4,1838 in Beachville (near London) Ontario. This was a full year before Abner Doubleday. The Beachville game was the first to adapt similar rules to what we use today with three bases and home plate and was the first to be significantly different than the English rounders game. Who knows how many years they were playing under these rules before a newspaper actually reported on the competition. I totally agree that an American refined the rules that we have today. You can claim ownership for poutine though! Lol
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