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The American pastime might have British roots in the mid-18th century, according to a diary uncovered in England, The Associated Press reports. Julian Pooley, manager of Surrey History Centre, said he authenticated a reference to baseball in a diary by English lawyer William Bray dating to 1755 — about 50 years before what was previously believed to have been the first known reference to the game. Pooley estimated that Bray was about 18 or 19 when he wrote that he played the game with a group of men and women on Easter. After that they had tea, of course. Los Angeles Times
