Stephen Jay Gould tells from whence base ball originated.

Quote 1: Abner Doubleday was a man with "no recorded tie to the game and who, in the words of Donald Honig, probably 'didn't know a baseball from a kumquat'? "
Quote 2: "Creation myths, as noted before, identify heroes and sacred places, while evolutionary stories provide no palpable, particular thing as a symbol for reverence, worship, or patriotism."