Austen was very likely referring to Rounders, which has existed since the 1500s

Nov 26, 2020
11:32:32pm

MaroonCoug Contributor

The link at the end of that article to the Wikipedia entry on Rounders indicates that earlier literary references to Rounders called it Base Ball.

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Originally posted on Nov 26, 2020 at 11:32:32pm

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Did y'all know that English author Jane Austen mentioned "base ball" in her

JmThms

11/26/20 11:20pm

No. And I’ve read that book. Didn’t even think twice about it

RalphWiggam

11/26/20 11:28pm

Austen was very likely referring to Rounders, which has existed since the 1500s

MaroonCoug

11/26/20 11:32pm

1500's? I thought it was 1998. Matt Damon wasn't even alive in the 1500's...

BYUtka

11/26/20 11:35pm

True, but surely John Malkovich was.

MaroonCoug

11/26/20 11:49pm

“ laaaays down a monsterrrrrrr”

gurt

11/27/20 12:28am

But she wrote "base ball". I'm no baseball historian but there are similarities

JmThms

11/26/20 11:36pm

Don’t know first reference but from the Wikipedia entry: ‘Played in England

MaroonCoug

11/26/20 11:38pm

That's it.

JmThms

11/26/20 11:41pm

RE: Austen was very likely referring to Rounders, which has existed since the

JmThms

11/26/20 11:59pm

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