1541 2 March 17, 2007^8:50pm Jaydawg^7 Forget Cooperstown------ Here's evidence showing how baseball was invented in 18th century Britain groups.google.com/group/alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox/browse_thread/thread/e298647ab7ab11ed/33af7c052c999ca5?lnk=st&q=Baseball&rnum=2#33af7c052c999ca5 History [Other] 2518 4333 0 This is quite a revelation for me. It looks like Abner Doubleday didn't invent baseball after all. The modern game not only began in the U.K., but it was also most popular in the S.W. England/S.E. Wales area where some of my roots come from. No wonder I love the game so much.