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1778.4 + (Is Ewing's diary available now? Yes, on archive.org. See https://archive.org/details/georgeewinggentl00ewin/mode/2up?q=george+ewing+diary)
1867.16 + (Is Protoball correct in thinking … Is Protoball correct in thinking that the unnamed American's quote had appeared in an earlier "Yankee Pastimes" column in the London Spectator, and was then cited in the Sydney (Australia?) Morning Herald of April 11, 1867? Herald of April 11, 1867? )
1849.3 + (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?)
1858c.57 + (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.)
1867.27 + (Is earlier use of season tickets known?)
San Francisco Base Ball Club v Red Rover Base Ball Club of San Francisco on 22 February 1860 + (Is it clear from contemporary accounts that New York rules governed this game?)
1732.1 + (Is it fair to assume that the gentleman used a bat to propel the ball? Are such feats known in England? Is a 160-foot weather-vane plausible? That's well over 10 stories, no? )
1854.23 + (Is it fair to suppose that the Register was published in Albany NY? There was a paper there of that name in the 1850s (per internet search of 11/2/2020). Is wicket play by little boys known? )
1856.18 + (Is it likely that the New York ru … 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]?at Beachville game report at #1838.4 above]?)
1872.10 + (Is it noteworthy that only one walk occurred in this 12-8 game?)
1840s.46 + (Is it obvious why a balk is in so … Is it obvious why a balk is in some way considered comparable to a "flagrant outrage?"Was the balk known in earlier baserunning games in England, or elsewhere?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?Do we often see early rule variants for players of different ages?> Do we often see early rule variants for players of different ages?)
1860.6 + (Is it possible that English rounders itself had evolved from English base ball as played in the eighteenth century?)
1863.1 + (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?)
1837.13 + (Is it possible that this entry re … 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]]Is there a way to locate the German-to-English version of this 1837 book? of this 1837 book? )
1853.4 + (Is it possible that this is a fungo-style game? Is it possible that may other "plaing ball" references denote fungo games? Do we know of any other fungo games in which more than a single bat is used?)
1550c.2 + (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?)
Chippawa v Penetergushene in Chippawa on 29 May 1815 + (Is it possible, given the set team size of eleven players, that this game was actually played by the rules of cricket? [lm])
1840.16 + (Is it safe to infer that Cape Island is on the NJ shore, near Cape May?)
1856.10 + (Is it significant that this book features games for adolescents, not younger children? Answer: the articles cited in the comment make clear that Grand Theque, at least, was played by adults as well as children. [ba])
1844.20 + (Is it time to define "baseball card" a bit more narrowly in declaring a first?? )
1818c.7 + (Is more known about Schubert's interest in ballplaying (if any)? Do we know of baserunning games in the Vienna area in this era?)
In Wellington on 17 November 1888 + (Is the "newly-established" Wellington club" the NZ Pioneer Club? )
1785.3 + (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.] )
1630.4 + (Is the Wiltshire County website's URL available? Is it still operative? Is the original source of the data given?)
1833.8 + (Is the drawing associated with a song that may offer a clue? )

Banana Ball + (Is the history of this variant to be found somewhere?)

1864.58 + (Is the reported date correct? A July 24 match was reported on July 10? )
1856.5 + (Is there a claim that this is the earliest appearance of the term "national pastime" to denote base ball?)
1859.35 + (Is there a good account of this negotiation and its outcome in the literature? How and when was the issue resolved?)
1873.12 + (Is there a good source for Elizabeth Cady Stanton's interest in 19C base ball? )
1861.1 + (Is there a primary source for this claim? Yes, NYC 3-30-61. [ba])
Stoolball + (Is there a recent publication that covers evidence concerning stoolball's earliest playing rules?)
1800c.1 + (Is there a way to check the approximate year that the historian is depicting in this passage? )
Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 22 May 1856 + (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?)
1854.2 + (Is there any detailed indication, or educated guess, as to what rules the Olympics uses in 1854?)
1847.7 + (Is there any indication of what Tompkins' source might have been?)
1859.4 + (Is there any indication that Association rules were used by the reported base bal club?)
1835.6 + (Is there any indication that girls could or did play base ball in this text?)
1862.113 + (Is there further evidence on the suggestion that evidence for Cartwright's base ball leadership was lost in a fire after his death? )
Hildegarde + (Is there further evidence that this game was actually played, or was it publicized mainly to sell equipment? What features does Hildegard have that contemporary stoolball lacked? Do we know what years and what locations saw this game?)
1850s.18 + (Is there some way to discover the documentary basis for this report?)
1852.14 + (Is this a recollection or a work of fiction?)
1862.22 + (Is this crowd estimate reasonable? Are other contemporary or reflective accounts available? The crowd estimate is exaggerated. There weren't anywhere near 40,000 troops on the island at that time. [ba])
Hit the Bat + (Is this game known by other names other than those collected above?)
1867.1 + (Is this game properly thought of as a national championship?)
Onondaga Longball + (Is this game related to European forms of long ball?)
1886.1 + (Is this indeed the first such trophy in base ball history?)
1857.32 + (Is this item newsworthy because it is an early Providence ballclub, because it is a pioneering daybreak club, or neither?)
Adjutant General's Office of Washington + (Is this just a one-time club?)
Club of Granby + (Is this the Granby Club of Neosho?)
Rough and Ready Club of South Walpole + (Is this the club that played the Massapoag of Sharon in June 1857?)

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