Local library document rewrites baseball history books

With an update to a previous LISNews story, Pete writes “MLB.com has this story of a library’s role in shedding light on baseball history. “Officials and historians in this western Massachusetts city released a 213-year-old document Tuesday that they believe is the earliest written reference to baseball.

A librarian found the actual document in a vault at the Berkshire Athenaeum library. Its age was authenticated by researchers at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center.””