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- In Nashua in April 1847 + (<p>Do we know what "long ball" was?</p>)
- 824.1 + (<p>Do we know what Chinese "ballplaying" was like in the ninth century?</p>)
- 1860.90 + (<p>Do we know what is meant by the n … <p>Do we know what is meant by the note that Creighton "batted out of the pitcher's position?"</p></br><p>(In reply, John Thorn (email, 10/4/16) writes, "For a while batting orders were constructed by numbered position, so that the lineup would be pitcher, catcher, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF. But I speculate. . . .")</p>er, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF. But I speculate. . . .")</p>)
- 1854.1 + (<p>Do we know what pitching distances were used in games played before 1854?</p> <p>Is it seen as merely coincidental that the specifications of a base ball were so close to those of a cricket ball?</p>)
- 1855.33 + (<p>Do we know what "makes the most innings" means in the newspaper account?</p>)
- 1860.94 + (<p>Do we know whether and how Chadwick referenced foul territory prior to 1860?</p> <p>Do we know of other prior usage of "foul lines"??</p> <p> </p>)
- 1857.29 + (<p>Do we now know any more about this event? Was it an intramural game? Was a six-player side common in Philadelphia town ball? Was a gold ring a typical prize for winning?</p>)
- Olympic Club of Philadelphia + (<p>Do we really only have three games for this historic clubs, which endured until 1887?</p>)
- 1864.6 + (<p>Do we the role of the 30th in February 1864? </p> <p>Are there any indications as to whether NY or MA or other game rules were employed?</p>)
- Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit + (<p>Do we think the club formed in April 1865 was the same group that formed in the 1850s? Given the intervening war, could it have been a separate undertaking?</p>)
- 1850.61 + (<p>Do you have other interpretations of the game as depicted? </p> <p>Could that object out near the tree be a baserunning post . . . or a even a wicket?</p>)
- 1845.10 + (<p>Does Block link the two descriptions, or does the German text cite the French game</p>)
- 1841.11 + (<p>Does Jamieson describe other ballgames?</p>)
- 1833.3 + (<p>Does Maxwell show evidence for his interpretation of cricket's progenitors?</p>)
- 1860s.86 + (<p>Does Smith reveal his source for the pre-1970 box score?</p>)
- BC2000c.1 + (<p>Does recent scholarship agree that these were balls, were used in sport, and date to 2000 BC? Is there further evidence about their role in Egyptian life?</p>)
- 1824.7 + (<p>Does the context of this excerpt reveal anything further about the region, circumstance, or participants in this ball-playing?</p>)
- 1820.29 + (<p>Does the context of this passage … <p>Does the context of this passage clearly imply that girls played base ball? </p></br><p>Is the author suggesting that base ball was considered an "old-fashioned" pastime in 1821?</p></br><p>Where was <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Early Education</span> published?</p>ext-decoration: underline;">Early Education</span> published?</p>)
- 1858.29 + (<p>Does the final sentence imply that earlier games of ball had recently been played?</p>)
- 1832c.2 + (<p>Does the lineage from these two c … <p>Does the lineage from these two clubs to the Knickerbockers and Gothams (but not Magnolias) stem from common membership rolls?</p></br><p>Can we find additional sources on the two 1832 clubs? Do we have any notion of Wood's possible sources?</p></br><p> </p>ave any notion of Wood's possible sources?</p> <p> </p>)
- 1809.1 + (<p>Does the sum of 80 guineas as the game's stakes imply anything about the players?</p>)
- 1826.3 + (<p>Does this item suggest that 'base … <p>Does this item suggest that 'base ball' was a term used in Philadelphia in 1826? In Boston in 1826?</p></br><p>Was the Gymnasium actually established in Boston? Was ballplaying among its activities? <span>Was gymnastics seen in the Commons in the early years?</span></p></br><p><span>Isn't this ref a very early appearance of the term foot ball in the US? Can we learn what rules may have applied?</span> </p>in the US? Can we learn what rules may have applied?</span> </p>)
- 1827.4 + (<p>Does this manual cover other safe-haven games? Other batting games? Other games with plugging?</p>)
- City Club of Knoxville + (<p>Duplicate listing for the Knoxville club? Probably not, as the Knoxville Free Press, Sept. 4, 1867 mentions the Holston, Knoxville, City, Emmet and University BBCs. [ba]</p>)
- 1861.27 + (<p>Duplicate of 1861.16?</p>)
- 1861.30 + (<p>Duplicate of 1861.20?</p>)
- Bachelor Club of Newark + (<p>Duplicate with Bachelors Club of Newark?</p>)
- 1845.31 + (<p>Extra credit for sleuthing the authorship of this item!</p>)
- 1858.68 + (<p>Feel free to throw more light on what Thoreau is saying here. </p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"> </span></p>)
- Hittera Ball + (<p>From the description ["cup?" "stick?"] it is difficult to picture how this game was played.</p> <p>Where is Sheffield/Derbyshire?</p> <p> </p>)
- 1725c.1 + (<p>Further comment on this entry is … <p>Further comment on this entry is welcome, especially from wicket devotees; after all, this may be the initial U.S. wicket citation in existence (assuming that #[[1700c.2]] cannot be documented, and that #[[1704.1]] above is not ever confirmed as wicket).</p>above is not ever confirmed as wicket).</p>)
- 1830c.30 + (<p>Further commentary on the site and date of this remembered game are welcome.</p> <p>Was the Ashtabula area well-settled by 1830?</p>)
- Knattleikar or Knattleikr + (<p>Further data on the game are welcome.</p> <p>Is a game like this still practiced in Iceland?</p> <p>What dats are associated with the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Younger Edda</span>?</p>)
- 1860.48 + (<p>Further insight is welcome from readers.</p>)
- 1586c.1 + (<p>Further interpretations are welcome as to Sydney's meaning.</p>)
- 1853.14 + (<p>Has someone already analyzed the relative role of assorted papers in the first baseball boom?</p>)
- BC3000c.1 + (<p>Has this game been observed in other North African communities since 1937? Are alternative explanations of Om El Mahag now offered, including a much more recent importation from cricket-playing and baseball-playing areas? </p>)
- 1865.8 + (<p>Have any earlier instances of integrated adult clubs arisen in recent years?</p>)
- Hunyou-Shinyou + (<p>Have broader searches for this game been tried?</p>)
- -2500.2 + (<p>Have other scholars commented on Mr. George's ballplaying interpretation of the Gilgamesh epic? </p>)
- 1540c.2 + (<p>Have scholars indicated the likely nature of "palm play?" Could it have involved the batting of a ball with the palm?</p>)
- 1821.5 + (<p>Have we found any further indications that 1820-era establishments may have served to host regular base ball clubs?</p>)
- 1872.17 + (<p>His anyone systematically tracked … <p>His anyone systematically tracked player salaries in he early pro years?</p></br><p>A: Baseball reference lists 13 players as being on the Athletics in 1871. Three of these played only 1 game. The standard roster of 10 players were paid an average of $1,500 apiece, per the article saying the players were paid $15,000 and change. [ba]</p>le saying the players were paid $15,000 and change. [ba]</p>)
- 1805.6 + (<p>How about the evidence in [[1797.5]]?</p>)
- 1858.2 + (<p>If this game did not give us the first called strikes, when did such actually appear?</p>)
- 1868.7 + (<p>In July 1868, Wright's "ground" was where?</p> <p>Has someone recorded 'longest baseball throws' records somewhere?</p> <p>And what else do we know about Johnny Hatfield?</p>)
- 1781.1 + (<p>Is "alley" used by cricketers in the same way?</p>)
- 1844.6 + (<p>Is "bass" a ballgame, or was prisoner's base sometimes thought of as a "field game?"</p>)
- 1393.1 + (<p>Is "stumpball" actually a known game? Have we done adequate searches for this name?</p>)
- 1778.4 + (<p>Is Ewing's diary available now? Yes, on archive.org. See https://archive.org/details/georgeewinggentl00ewin/mode/2up?q=george+ewing+diary</p>)