Everyone knows that the game of baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday. Or was it Alexander Cartwright? Or could it have been a lesser-known New Yorker by the name of William R. Wheaton? Whoever invented it, one thing we do know for certain is that sport was adapted from the similar game of Rounders... or Town Ball... or the children's game One Old Cat. If you ever want to make your head spin, spend a day looking into the origins of America's favorite bat-and-ball game. What you'll find is that baseball history has a history.
