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Originally Posted by GarthB
1. The Knickerbocker, or Cartwright, Rules were not the first rules of baseball. They are most likely in part a codification of what was oral tradition rather than a total creation of one man, a committee or a club.
2. There are records of organized baseball being played in New York in the 1820's, 25 years prior to the Knickerbocker Rules.
3. A record of written rules for Base - Ball, exists from the 18th century.
How many hours, days, weeks have you spent researching notes, papers, articles, books, letters in the museurm archives in New York, Washington and Boston? How many organizations turn to you for orginal interpretations and suggested modern enforcement?
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I was being kind to suggest you only show your vast knowledge of original intent relative to the codification of 1845.
If you want to produce research that shows intent of rules from the 18th century then have at it.
My suggestion would be to stick to what you can prove, which thru 8 pages has been nothing