Quote: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.

1845 was when those changes were codified. Most likely they had been enforced informally for years beforehand before someone thought of the clever idea of writing them down. Much like how the "Laws of the Game" were codified for soccer in 1863 in England.

 

The facts remain the same; baseball and cricket evolved from a game that is more similar to rounders than either baseball or cricket. Baseball's modern rules were first codified in 1845 in the US. Most likely these rules had been created years earlier as additions to the game that was already being played which originated from Europe.

 

The only sport that was developed solely in North America is basketball.

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