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Chronologies
A Lingering Death for Old-Style Plugging?
Long Title:
Protoball Chronology Item 1837.1 reports that William Wheaton said that the plugging of base-runners had been outlawed in the late 1830s in New York. However, Henry Chadwick (item 1850s.24)reported that, nearly two decades later, some base ball clubs in Greater New York still retained the practice.
Protoball Sub-area: Chronologies
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Scale of Effort: Mini-task
Suggested by: Larry McCray February 2013
Was it ever really "Ball nine, take your base?"
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Are we misinterpreting the early base-on balls rule?
Protoball Sub-area: Chronologies
Status:
Scale of Effort: Mini-task
Suggested by: Bill Hicklin May 2020
General Maintenance
Track Newly-Released Research Reports
Long Title:
Add new research findings to appropriate parts of the Protoball site.
Protoball Sub-area: General Maintenance
Status:
Scale of Effort: Variable; tasks can be broad or limited in topic or time range.
Suggested by: Larry McCray July 2018
Glossary of Baserunning Games
The Origins of the Hungarian game of Longa Meta
Long Title: We do not know if Hungarian game of "meta," a baserunning game, has been documented prior to 1945.
Protoball Sub-area: Glossary of Baserunning Games Objective and Expected Result: Can someone do online and/or bibliographic searches in Hungarian and report findings in Protoball? Status: Unassigned This request is unassigned as of January 2018.
Scale of Effort: Micro-task
Suggested by: Larry McCray January 2018
Glossary of Games
Locate Depictions of Less Well-Known Baserunning Games
Long Title:
YouTube and other sources have videos that help conveys the nature of various baseball-like games, including many listed on Protoball’s Glossary of Games. URLs cos such can be added to the Glossay entries.
Protoball Sub-area: Glossary of Games
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Suggested by: December 2024
Potential Protoball article on the evolution of the base ball
Was the 'Double Eight' Style of Base Ball Cover Invented in the United States?
Long Title:
The now-familiar single-seam base ball covering appears to have been introduced to base ballin about 1876 [?] Was it a new innovation, or had prior ballgames (real tennis, cricket, stoolball) already adopted the pattern in earlier days?
Protoball Sub-area: Potential Protoball article on the evolution of the base ball
Status: Dip-dive This subject will be explored as one element in a Protoball "dip-dive" project in 2018. Corky Gaskell has agreed to moderate this effort, and to post initial results on Protoball.
Scale of Effort: Mini-task
Suggested by: Larry McCray, Corky Gaskell January 2018
Potential Protoball article on the influence of English base ball on the American game
How Many of the 14 Knickerbocker Playing Rules Can be Traced Back to English Baserunning Games?
Long Title:
While base ball has long been seen as an American game, many of the modern game's earliest rules are known in juvenile games in Britain. Which of the Knickerbocker's initial 14 playing rules had precedents in prior English games?
Protoball Sub-area: Potential Protoball article on the influence of English base ball on the American game
Status: Unassigned This request is unassigned as of January 2018.
Scale of Effort: Mini-task
Suggested by: Larry McCray January 2018
Pre-Pro Data Base
Contribute by adding new data on early ballplaying in your area
Long Title:
Protoball is undertaking to document the local origins of modern base ball -- and the baserunning games than may have preceded base ball -- throughout the US.
Protoball Sub-area: Pre-Pro Data Base
Status: This request is ongoing: Protoball's Pre-Pro Data Base records known early games and clubs. But local sources may have more to add.
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Suggested by: Protoball Project January 2018
Pre-Pro Data Base, Chronlogies
Support Host Chapters of SABR Conventions in Documenting Local Base Ball Origins
Long Title:
To support the presentation of local origins of base ball in cities that will host Annual SABR Conventions, it may be useful to support local chapter members on available data on earliest base ball -- and local predecessor games -- for summary in Convention handouts, possibly including a article in the National Pastime.
Protoball Sub-area: Pre-Pro Data Base, Chronlogies
Status:
Scale of Effort: Variable, depending on local chapter interest in local origins
Suggested by: PBall Functionary August 2018
Protoball's Glossary of Games
Adding Links to You-Tube-Style Clips on Baserunning Games
Long Title:
We have identified nearly 150 baseball varients. For many. YouTube clips show how such baserunning games are or were played. Such clips often convey a sense of the game that words alone cannot describe.
Protoball Sub-area: Protoball's Glossary of Games
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Scale of Effort: Variable; a volunteer could easiiy focus first on games of special current interest
Suggested by: PBall Functionary August 2018 Assigned to: Larry McCray has researched a few such links, But there's much more easy harvesting to do.