On 03 Mar 05  05:23:54, Ilya Kuznetsoff got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: baseball

 IK>> BTW, there was an old russian game
 IK>> called "lapta", now  we  call  it "baseball"
 
 DC> Is it actually baseball or just something like it?

 IK> Baseball  is actually  something like it :). There were
 IK> many  different  "balls": "lapta", 
"cricket", "softball",
 IK> so on -- finally our-days baseball.

I'd need to see it played.  As it is, softball and baseball 
are very similar.  Cricket is not.  


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