New Marlboro Rules Baseball

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Game	New Marlboro Rules Baseball
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Massachusetts, United States
Regions	US
Eras	1800s
Invented	No
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Description	The New Marlboro Rules (from a club in New Marlborough, MA) date from 1863, and can be found in the "Rule Sets" portion of Protoball. They bear some similarities to the Massachusetts game, but with a few differences. "The New Marlboro rules are not the Massachusetts Game. They are not radically different from the Massachusetts Game, sharing regional characteristics such as overhand pitching, but they have clear differences, the most important being the unique playing field and all-out innings. The mere fact that the New Marlboro club was not playing the Massachusetts Game is perhaps the most significant finding." (Richard Hershberger)
Sources	Our Game blog, May 21, 2013, reprinting the Richard Hershberger article on the New Marlboro Rules in Base Ball, Spring 2010. See Rule Sets, Protoball.
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