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→History: I guess I should make it clear that Jane Austen was British and the setting of the book was England... just in case anyone doesn't know
A well-publicized [[tradition]] holds that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday in [[Cooperstown]], [[New York State|New York]] in 1839. In fact, the origins of the game are unknown.
A well-publicized [[tradition]] holds that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday in [[Cooperstown]], [[New York State|New York]] in 1839. In fact, the origins of the game are unknown.
The word "baseball" is mentioned in passing in [[Jane Austen]]'s 1803 novel [[Northanger Abbey]]:
The word "baseball" is mentioned in passing in [[Jane Austen]]'s 1803 British novel [[Northanger Abbey]], set in England:
:it was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had by nature nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, baseball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books...<ref>Austen, Jane (1803) ''[Northanger Abbey http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext94/nabby11h.htm]'', Chapter 1</ref>
:it was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had by nature nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, baseball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books...<ref>Austen, Jane (1803) ''[Northanger Abbey http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext94/nabby11h.htm]'', Chapter 1</ref>