The LOC page https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/baseball-americana/about-this-exhibition/origins-and-early-days/baseballs-roots/a-little-pretty-pocket-book/ says:
A Little Pretty Pocket Book
This tiny children’s book debunks the great myth that baseball was born in the United States. It is a reprint of John Newbery’s work, first published in England in 1744, but it marks the first American reference to baseball in print: “Base-Ball. The Ball once struck off, Away Flies the Boy, To the next destin’d Post, and then Home with Joy.” Note that the three posts represent bases.
The LOC page https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/baseball-americana/about-this-exhibition/origins-and-early-days/baseballs-roots/a-little-pretty-pocket-book/ says:
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This tiny children’s book debunks the great myth that baseball was born in the United States. It is a reprint of John Newbery’s work, first published in England in 1744, but it marks the first American reference to baseball in print: “Base-Ball. The Ball once struck off, Away Flies the Boy, To the next destin’d Post, and then Home with Joy.” Note that the three posts represent bases.
I feel like this Conan O'Brian clip should be added here.
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Why if it fpelled "Base-Ball" and not "Bafe-Ball"?
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https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-24563,00.html
I wonder if this is not Cricket instead?
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