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| | History of baseball |
 | | The simplicity of the game means that many variants grew from "stick ball", a child's game revolving around hitting a ball with stick which has been long known, through rounders and a number of other early stick-ball-and-bases games, such as rounders and town ball. |
 | | As a consequence, home runs were rare, and the "inside game" dominated -- singles, bunts, stolen bases, the hit-and-run play, and other tactics dominated the strategies of the time. |
 | | Large stadiums dedicated to the game were built for many of the larger clubs or existing grounds enlarged, including Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds in Brooklyn and New York, Boston's Fenway Park along with Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park in Chicago. |
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