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[edit] Article feedback

I was looking for information to compare cricket and baseball for my students and read some parts of this article. The section "Distinctive elements" comes across to me more as "Why we (the authors) think baseball is better than other sports". Anyway, I just wanted to leave the feedback. I got the info I needed, so thanks! --Boy.pockets (talk) 05:09, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

There is no mention of International Rules baseball, still played in South Wales and on Merseyside. The governing body for the game in England is the English Baseball Association, http://www.englishbaseballassociation.co.uk. ZoeinDerby — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZoeinDerby (talk • contribs) 11:12, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

This article is locked, so please have somebody with proper authorization make the following correction. Re the comment, "No major league team had been located west of St. Louis until 1958, when the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants relocated to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively"; obviously, Kansas City (1955) is west of St. Louis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.208.220 (talk) 18:06, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

A little late, unfortunately, but there is an article Comparison of cricket and baseball. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:08, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] MLB Historian revises baseball history?

Seems to me that the beginning of this page need a rewrite according to this recent article. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/sports/baseball/13thorn.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=John%20Thorn&st=cse Ckruschke (talk) 15:29, 14 March 2011 (UTC)Ckruschke

[edit] Edit request on 17 December 2011

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Baseball was not only created by those games, baseball also originated from an English game called 'Rounders'.

Thanks, Brendan823rocks Brendan823rocks (talk) 21:50, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Already mentioned in the article, and more in Origins of baseball--Jac16888 ^Talk 21:57, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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[edit] MLB Historian revises baseball history?

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