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• 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>)
• 1867.16  + (<p>Is Protoball correct in thinking … <p>Is Protoball correct in thinking that the unnamed American's quote had appeared in an earlier "Yankee Pastimes" column in the <em>London</em> <em>Spectator</em>, and was then cited in the Sydney (Australia?) <em>Morning Herald </em>of April 11, 1867? <em> </em>   </p>Herald </em>of April 11, 1867? <em> </em>   </p>)
• 1849.3  + (<p>Is Tom saying that there were no prior safe-haven ball games [cricket, town ball, wicket] out west, or just that the NY game hadn't arrived until 1849?</p>)
• 1858c.57  + (<p>Is c1858 a creditable guess as to when lads in the class of '62 might have begun playing at Exeter? Is a full view available online? Phillips Exeter is in Exeter NH, about 50 miles N of Boston and about 12 miles SW of Portsmouth.</p>)
• 1867.27  + (<p>Is earlier use of season tickets known?</p>)
• San Francisco Base Ball Club v Red Rover Base Ball Club of San Francisco on 22 February 1860  + (<p>Is it clear from contemporary accounts that New York rules governed this game?</p>)
• 1732.1  + (<p>Is it fair to assume that the gentleman used a bat to propel the ball? </p> <p>Are such feats known in England?</p> <p>Is a 160-foot weather-vane plausible?  That's well over 10 stories, no?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1854.23  + (<p>Is it fair to suppose that the <em>Register</em> was published in Albany NY? There was a paper there of that name in the 1850s (per internet search of 11/2/2020).</p> <p>Is wicket play by little boys known?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1856.18  + (<p>Is it likely that the New York ru … <p>Is it likely that the New York rules would have produced this much scoring per inning . . . or was it set up as a two-inning contest? Can we confirm/disconfirm that this was the first Canadian game in some sense [keeping in mind that Beachville game report at #1838.4 above]?</p>at Beachville game report at #1838.4 above]?</p>)

• 1872.10  + (<p>Is it noteworthy that only one walk occurred in this 12-8 game?</p>)

• 1840s.46  + (<p>Is it obvious why a balk is in so … <p>Is it obvious why a balk is in some way considered comparable to a "flagrant outrage?"</p></br><p>Was the balk known in earlier baserunning games in England, or elsewhere?</p></br><p>Do histories of cricket shed further light on the origin, nature, or rationale for, automatic batter-runner advances despite catches of balls hit when a "no ball" has been called?</p></br><p>Do we often see early rule variants for players of different ages?</p>> <p>Do we often see early rule variants for players of different ages?</p>)
• 1860.6  + (<p>Is it possible that English rounders itself had evolved from English base ball as played in the eighteenth century?</p>)
• 1863.1  + (<p>Is it possible that a collection of trophy balls, at the Hall of Fame or elsewhere, would provide more evidence of the prevalence of base ball in the Civil War?</p>)
• 1837.13  + (<p>Is it possible that this entry re … <p>Is it possible that this entry reflects the 1796 report by Gutsmuths that English and German forms of base-ball coexisted?  Protoball wonders if the 1837 book mistakenly dropped a word following the term "mit" (with).  Gutsmuths called English game "ball "mit freystaten." The Protoball entry for Gutsmuths is at [[1796.1]]</p></br><p>Is there a way to locate the German-to-English version of this 1837 book?</p></br><p> </p></br><p> </p>of this 1837 book?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1853.4  + (<p>Is it possible that this is a fungo-style game?  Is it possible that may other "plaing ball" references denote fungo games? </p> <p>Do we know of any other fungo games in which more than a single bat is used?</p>)
• 1550c.2  + (<p>Is it possible that this source is the basis for the claim (see  [[1550c.1]]) that the term cricket ("crekett") is not known prior to 1550?</p>)
• Chippawa v Penetergushene in Chippawa on 29 May 1815  + (<p>Is it possible, given the set  team size of eleven players, that this game was actually played by the rules of cricket? [lm]</p>)
• 1840.16  + (<p>Is it safe to infer that Cape Island is on the NJ shore, near Cape May?</p>)
• 1856.10  + (<p>Is it significant that this book features games for adolescents, not younger children?</p> <p>Answer: the articles cited in the comment make clear that Grand Theque, at least, was played by adults as well as children. [ba]</p>)
• 1844.20  + (<p>Is it time to define "baseball card" a bit more narrowly in declaring a first?? </p>)
• 1818c.7  + (<p>Is more known about Schubert's interest in ballplaying (if any)?</p> <p>Do we know of baserunning games in the Vienna area in this era?</p>)
• In Wellington on 17 November 1888  + (<p>Is the "newly-established" Wellington club" the NZ Pioneer Club?</p> <p> </p>)
• 1785.3  + (<p>Is the Homestall Lane ref meant to convey that the competing sides within the county are to be determined by a player's residence on one or the other of the lane? [See Block reply above.]</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>)
• 1630.4  + (<p>Is the Wiltshire County website's URL available? Is it still operative?</p> <p>Is the original source of the data given?</p>)
• 1833.8  + (<p>Is the drawing associated with a song that may offer a clue? </p>)
• Banana Ball  + (<p>Is the history of this variant to be found somewhere?</p>)
• 1864.58  + (<p>Is the reported date correct?  A July 24 match was reported on July 10? </p>)
• 1856.5  + (<p>Is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball?</p>)
• 1859.35  + (<p>Is there a good account of this negotiation and its outcome in the literature? How and when was the issue resolved?</p>)
• 1873.12  + (<p>Is there a good source for Elizabeth Cady Stanton's interest in 19C base ball? </p>)
• 1861.1  + (<p>Is there a primary source for this claim?</p> <p>Yes, NYC 3-30-61. [ba]</p>)
• Stoolball  + (<p>Is there a recent publication that covers evidence concerning stoolball's earliest playing rules?</p>)
• 1800c.1  + (<p>Is there a way to check the approximate year that the historian is depicting in this passage? </p>)
• Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 22 May 1856  + (<p>Is there ambiguity about whether this intramural game was played in Hoboken NJ or Manhattan NY?  Did baseballchronology.com give a source for this game?  Was it played at Elysian Fields?</p>)
• 1854.2  + (<p>Is there any detailed indication, or educated guess, as to what rules the Olympics uses in 1854?</p>)