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-|Term=Old Fashioned Base Ball
-|Game Family=Baseball
-|Game Tags=1800s, US,
-|Description=<p>The term &ldquo;old fashioned base ball&rdquo; appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game&nbsp;was played locally before the New York game arrived. The term was used extensively in upstate New York and New Jersey.&nbsp; We are still uncertain as to whether OFBB had common rules.&nbsp; In Western New York State, OFBB seems to align with the old form of the Massachusetts game, but prior to the codification of Mass Game&nbsp;rules in 1858.&nbsp; It is possible that the term was used for diverse variations of local safe-haven games in other areas.</p>
-<p>One might speculate that later still, such games would be thought of as &ldquo;town ball.&rdquo;</p>
-|Sources=<p>One investigation of Old Fashioned Base Ball is at Astifan and McCray, "'Old-Fashioned Base Ball' in Western New York, 1825-1860," <em>Base Ball, </em>volume 2 number 2 (Fall 2008), pages 26-34.</p>
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