Om El Mahag
Om El Mahag was a game played in North Africa during the Stone Age. The game involved two bases, a "mother base" and a "father base" The batter would run to the bases after striking a ball with a stick, and would be considered "out" if the ball was caught or if someone threw the ball at them and hit them before they made it to one of the bases. The game was apparently first seen being played by blonde-haired men, so it is thought that they brought the game to Africa from Europe.
Sources[edit]
- "The Man Who Invented Baseball" by Harold Peterson
- "Baseball Before We Knew It" by David Block
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