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Harry Wallace (HW)Both John Thorn's article and Robert Edwads' write up in their catalog are very interesting. I really enjoyed reading them and learned quite a bit.
A while ago, I read David Block's book, "Baseball Before We Knew It, A Search for the Roots of the Game". I do not remember the Olympic club of Philadelphia hardly being referenced and certainly never being given credit for being America's first baseball team.
Why would David Block omit all of this information? I understand that the origins of baseball are fairly murky, but, in light of what I have read about the club recently, I would have thought he would have explored the Olympics of Philadelphia a little bit more.
Thanks for the great reads.