Baseball
in the Garden of Eden
The
Secret History of the Early Game
John Thorn
Philadelphia Orphan Asylum, 1831
An anonymous writer described a
scene at the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum in 1829: “Early on a Sabbath afternoon
during the summer, the matron of this asylum was pained to find a company of
eighteen men, (rope-makers,) at a game of ball, in an enclosure near the
building, and in view of the children.”
