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Essays Contributed by Diggers.
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- A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball by Tom Altherr
- Spirit Letters From X, 1857-8 by Bob Tholkes
- A series of 14 letters to the Spirit of the Times, from "X," October 1857- January 1858
- McKinstry vs. Brooklyn Daily Times by Steve Sisto
- In 1862, a baseball rules dispute played out between an umpire and a Brooklyn newspaper.
- Such Tumbles, Such Collisions by Steve Sisto
- The First Baseball Game In Mexico by Bruce Allardice
- Rounders: A Game That "Gets No Respect" by David Block
- When The Game Was Not The Thing by Bob Tholkes
- Old Team Nicknames by Bruce Allardice
- Playing "Ball" In Canada In 1803 by William Humber
- "A Plague Is Upon Us" by Steve Sisto
- Peanuts, But No Cracker Jack by Bruce Allardice
- Towards A Definition Of Baseball by Bruce Allardice
- How Early Baseball Can Be Compared To A Theatrical Production by Cody Belles
- DO NOT COPY WITHOUT PERMISSION (Note: This was originally written for a school project before I was seriously involved with the official baseball world, so the original text has been changed a bit to remove mistakes/outdated things/unintentional plagiarism)
- Early Baseball Told by a Goth Kid by Cody Belles
- Cody Bellés' book published in 2025.
- Towards a Definition of Baseball by Bruce Allardice
- How Does Baseball Differ from other Bat-Ball Games?