. . "The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern bat, ball and running games, cricket and rounders, were developed from earlier folk games in England. Early forms of baseball had a number of names, including \"Base Ball\", \"Goal Ball\", \"Round Ball\", \"Fletch-catch\", \"stool ball\", and, simply, \"Base\"."@en . .