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|Description=<p>Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. He places Bo-Ball in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent.</p> | |Description=<p>Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. He places Bo-Ball in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, </span><em>Baseball Before We Knew It,</em><span> Appendix 6.</span><span> </span><span>See page 274.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, </span><em>Baseball Before We Knew It,</em><span> Appendix 6.</span><span> </span><span>See page 274.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 09:39, 5 June 2012
| Game | Lahden Mailaveikot |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Finland |
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| Description | Maigaard (1941) notes they while most forms of rounders and longball were now lost, three - baseball, cricket, and bo-ball - remain vigorous. He places Bo-Ball in Finland. The only known source on this game, called Lahden Mailaveikot in Finnish, is a Finnish-language website, on that shows photographs of a vigorous game with aluminum bats, gloves, helmets, and much sliding and running but no other helpful hints for English-speakers. Similarities to Pesapallo are apparent. |
| Sources | P. Maigaard, “Battingball Games,” reprinted in Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, Appendix 6. See page 274. |
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