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Baseball in the Garden of Eden

The Secret History of the Early Game

John Thorn

2012

Simon & Schuster

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Cereal box illustration of 1839 baseball game, and caption explaining the history of the first baseball game, created by Abner Doubleday.

Baseball in the Garden of Eden

“Who controls the past,” George Orwell wrote, “controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” So it has been with baseball.

by John Thorn via Our Game on July 17, 2023

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John Thorn photographed in front of baseball memorabilia.

How Baseball’s Official Historian Dug Up the Game’s Unknown Origins

A lifelong passion for the national pastime led John Thorn to redefine the sport's relationship with statistics and reveal the truth behind its earliest days.

by Frederic J. Frommer via Smithsonian Magazine on March 28, 2024

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