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Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday (Mythology. Born, Cooperstown, NY, June 26, 1819; died, Mendham, NJ, Jan. 26, 1893.) A genuine Civil War hero, Abner Doubleday is falsely credited with the “invention” of modern baseball in 1839 at Cooperstown, N.Y. Though his accomplishments were many and laudable, this achievement was not among them. It is a myth wholly without […]