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johnfowles · 09-12-2008, 05:00 PM

headline in yesterday's Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...C-new_12092008
Major League Baseball told their sport was invented in Surrey, not America
Baseball was not invented in America but in genteel Surrey, according to evidence that has just come to light
Interesting article that makes absolutely no reference to the superficially similar UK kids game of Rounders
Some memorable quotes on:-
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2040702AAgM05m

"They are basically the same, major difference being in the UK its 13 year old girls who play it in schools. Baseball in the US however is a big deal, same game but they have a 'world series' so they can call themselves champions of the world - this is of course a 'world series' THAT NO-ONE ELSE TAKES PART IN!"

"The main one seems to be in rounders you don't have to kit up like a crash dummy but then it is American"

"Dunno, but Americans don't half lose the plot if you call baseball rounders.
It's all hitting a ball with a stick to me. Cricket's just as stupid."

"baseball is some girly yank sport and rounders is a girly skool kids UK sport"

Discuss

09-12-2008, 05:00 PM	#1
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Baseball or Rounders either way it was invented in the UK!! headline in yesterday's Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...C-new_12092008 Major League Baseball told their sport was invented in Surrey, not America Baseball was not invented in America but in genteel Surrey, according to evidence that has just come to light Interesting article that makes absolutely no reference to the superficially similar UK kids game of Rounders Some memorable quotes on:- http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2040702AAgM05m "They are basically the same, major difference being in the UK its 13 year old girls who play it in schools. Baseball in the US however is a big deal, same game but they have a 'world series' so they can call themselves champions of the world - this is of course a 'world series' THAT NO-ONE ELSE TAKES PART IN!" "The main one seems to be in rounders you don't have to kit up like a crash dummy but then it is American" "Dunno, but Americans don't half lose the plot if you call baseball rounders. It's all hitting a ball with a stick to me. Cricket's just as stupid." "baseball is some girly yank sport and rounders is a girly skool kids UK sport" Discuss __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor