Friday, April 8, 2016

Who's your Daddy? Modern baseball may have new founder (Yahoo Sports)

This Feb. 11, 2016 photo provided by SCP Auctions shows the 1857 documents titled Rules of Base Ball. Baseball may have found its birth certificate. And with it a new birth date, and new founding father. Coinciding with the start of the professional baseball season, a set of game-changing documents went up for sale this week. Their authenticity and significance are verified by experts including John Thorn, Major League Baseballs official historian. (Leslie Larsen Bird/SCP Auctions via AP)

Modern baseball may have found its birth certificate. Coinciding with the start of the major league season, a set of game-changing documents went up for sale this week. The documents were authored by Daniel Lucius ''Doc'' Adams, making him the founding father of America's pastime, not Alexander Cartwright, who now is credited.


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