tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466476717894366486.post7410067930329802605..comments2016-11-12T08:42:20.952-06:00Comments on Crossroads of Humanity: For the Love of the GameS.L. Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917834127135482985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466476717894366486.post-76313954271207879562013-07-03T09:14:48.654-05:002013-07-03T09:14:48.654-05:00Please let me know what you uncover, David. Below ...Please let me know what you uncover, David. Below is the footnote on the program I received at the game I attended, and this is why I set my story long enough after the war that one of the players could have brought the game to his community.<br /><br />(You are watching base ball when it was in its youth. It was truly a gentleman's game played for pleasure, but soldiers returning from the Civil War camps brought the game home to their communities for all to enjoy.)S.L. Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917834127135482985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466476717894366486.post-20005681474001723192013-07-03T02:42:10.717-05:002013-07-03T02:42:10.717-05:00That was quite exciting. Now I'm going to have...That was quite exciting. Now I'm going to have to flit over to my search engine to see where the game originated and why it took to 1869 after the end of the war to spread since the first formal rules were written I think in 1849.<br />I see there are still two schools of thought so as a Brit I'm plumping for the origins as being from the Emglish/Irish game of rounders or other similar games.David Prosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421038270689370362noreply@blogger.com