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Baseball Advertising Trade Cards 3rd edition
Baseball in 1878 — Different Rules

[This information is from p. 24 of Baseball Advertising Trade Cards 3rd edition, copyright 2011 by Frank Keetz and is reproduced here with his permission. No part of this material may be reproduced for commercial purposes without the written consent of the author.]

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The trade cards in the Forbes H 804-6 set have an early copyright date of 1878. What was baseball like in 1878? Like today, there were nine players, four bases, three outs, nine innings and the object was to score runs. But there were many differences. Consider

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See Sets H 804-6 | H 804-7A | H 804-7B

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