Ngitshele kafushane ngomlando we-baseball
Context:Kunzima ukulandelela ngokunembile ukuthi i-baseball yavela kanjani emidlalweni yakudala ye-bat-and-ball. Kwake kwaba nombono ovamile wokuthi i-baseball yanamuhla iwukuthuthuka kwaseNyakatho Melika okuvela emidlalweni yakudala yama-rounder, eyayithandwa yizingane zaseGreat Britain nase-Ireland. Isazi-mlando se-baseball saseMelika uDavid Block sisikisela ukuthi lo mdlalo waqala eNgilandi; ubufakazi obungokomlando obutholwe muva nje busekela lesisimo. UBlock uthi i-rounders ne-baseball yasekuqaleni empeleni kwakuyizinhlobonhlobo zesifunda zomunye nomunye, nokuthi okhokho bomdlalo oqondile kakhulu yimidlalo yesiNgisi ye-stoolball ne- "tut-ball". Ukubhekisela kokuqala kwe-baseball okwaziwayo kutholakala encwadini yaseBrithani ka-1744 ethi, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, kaJohn Newbery. UBlock wathola ukuthi umdlalo wokuqala oqoshiwe we-"Bass-Ball" wabanjwa ngo-1749 eSurrey, futhi wafaka iNkosana yaseWales njengomdlali. Kubonakala sengathi lolu hlobo lokuqala lomdlalo lwalethwa eCanada abafuduki baseNgilandi.  Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1830, kwakunemibiko yemidlalo ehlukahlukene ye-bat-and-ball engabhalisiwe eyayibonakala njengezinhlobo zokuqala ze-baseball eyayidlalwa eNyakatho Melika. Umdlalo wokuqala we - baseball oqoshiwe ngokusemthethweni eNyakatho Melika wadlalwa eBichville, e - Ontario, eCanada, ngo - June 4, 1838. Ngo-1845, u-Alexander Cartwright, oyilungu leKnickerbocker Club yaseNew York City, wahola ukuhlelwa kwezinto ezaziwa ngokuthi yiKnickerbocker Rules, ezazisekelwe emithethweni eyakhiwa ngo-1837 nguWilliam R. Wheaton weGotham Club. Ngenkathi kunemibiko yokuthi iNew York Knickerbockers yadlala imidlalo ngo-1845, umncintiswano owaziwa isikhathi eside njengomdlalo wokuqala oqoshiwe we-baseball emlandweni wase-US wenzeka ngoJuni 19, 1846, eHoboken, eNew Jersey: i- "New York Nine" yahlula iKnickerbockers, 23<unk>1, kuma-innings amane. Njengoba kwakusekelwe enkambisweni yeKnickerbocker, imithetho ye-baseball yanamuhla yaqhubeka ithuthuka phakathi nengxenye yekhulu leminyaka eyalandela. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango, i-baseball yayisiqalile ukudlula i-bat-and-ball yayo yezemidlalo yekhilikithi ekuthandeni ngaphakathi kwe-United States, ngenxa yokuthi i-baseball yayinesikhathi esifushane kakhulu kunendlela yekhilikithi eyayidlalwa ngaleso sikhathi, kanye neqiniso lokuthi amasosha phakathi neMpi Yombango ayidingi indawo ekhethekile yokudlala i-baseball, njengoba bebengayidinga ikhilikithi.
Nakuba umlando webaseball ungeke unqunywe ngokunemba okukhulu, kuthiwa lo mdlalo waqala eNgilandi phakathi neminyaka yawo-1700. Umdlalo wokuqala osemthethweni owawudlalwa eNyakatho Melika waba ngo-1838 eBeachville, e-Ontario, eCanada kwathi ngo-1846 umdlalo wokuqala osemthethweni waba se-United States. Imithetho yokuqala ye-baseball, ebizwa ngokuthi "Knickerbocker Rules" yasungulwa ngo-1845 futhi yaba isisekelo semithetho ye-baseball yanamuhla eyavela ekhulwini leminyaka elalandela.