So much for 1839, Abner Doubleday, and Cooperstown, NY.
Some jackass unearthed this 1791 ordinance from the town archives of Pittsfield, MA:
" for the Preservation of the Windows in the New Meeting House no Person or Inhabitant of said Town, shall be permitted to play at any Game called Wicket, Cricket, Baseball, Batball, Football, Cat, Fives or
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