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Hello friends today I will tell you a little about the history of baseball: The evolution of the old bat and baseball game can be traced with difficulty. The French manuscript of 1344 contains an illustration in which priests are depicted playing a kind of game - supposedly “la soule” - much like baseball. Other old French games such as “thèque”, “la balle au bâton” and “la balle empoisonnée” also have some similarities with baseball. It is generally accepted that modern baseball is the North American development of an older English lapta, popular in Great Britain and Ireland. American newspapers of the beginning of the 19th century included games called “Baseball” (English Base-Ball), “Base Ball” or “Main Ball” (English Bass-Ball, Base Ball), “Base” (English Base), “Goalball” (English Goalball), “city ball” (English Town Ball). In 1829, the Boy's Own Book (Eng. The Boy's Own Book) was published in the USA, which is considered to be the first known print mention of a gam...