# Baseball originated in England

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-originated-in-england/463211>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 12, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-originated-in-england/463211 "2008-09-12T02:29:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-originated-in-england/463211/21 "2008-09-17T11:35:36Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Funny, here in the U.S., soccer is widely seen as a sport for rich, white little girls from the suburbs
> 
> Go figure.

Given the play-acting and faux-injuries seen regularly in the Premiership, you’ll find that we tend to agree with that assessment.

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