Quote:Once again; baseball wasn't invented, it evolved. And it evolved from a game that had brought over by European immigrants.  Eventually it's rules were standardized and formalized in the USA, much like soccer's rules were were standardized and formalized in England. Formalization is not the same as invention.

 

So then you must think that the first person to ever kick a ball should be credited as the "developer" of soccer?

So then you must think that the first person to ever roll a ball should be credited as the "developer" of bowling?

 

Baseball didn't just "evolve" with a change here or there. In 1845 a new game with vast differences (a diamond-shaped infield, foul lines, the three-strike rule, abolishing the dangerous practice of tagging runners by throwing balls at them) was created. This game was baseball. It was not rounders or cricket.

 

Baseball was created in the United States.

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