Soak Ball

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Game	Soak Ball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	IA
Regions	US
Eras	Post-1900, Predecessor
Invented	No
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Description	Hall-of-Famer Cap Anson recalls that "'soak ball' was at this time [as an Iowa schoolboy in the early 1860's] my favorite sport. It was a game in which the batter was put out by running the bases by being hit with the ball," which was "comparatively soft." Patch baseball was, arguably, another name for this game.
Sources	Adrian C. Anson, A Ball Player's Career (Era Publishing, 1900) pp. 13-14.
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Comment	Anson also mentions: "I longed .... to be playing soak ball, bull pen or two old cat..." during this time (schoolboy days--he was born in 1852 and raised in Marshalltown, IA). Edit with form to add a comment
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