Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in 1839. We have discussed that for years but, however, he will always be a name associated to baseball as the protagonist of one of the most persistent myths in history.
If few know that Doubleday didn’t invent baseball, even fewer know that this character passed some time in Mexico. He fought as a young soldier in the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848, and took part in the battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista, near Saltillo in the state of Coahuila.
It was precisely at Saltillo where he stood for some years. He lived among the saltillians, observed and detailed in his personal memories the mexican society of that period. He even learned how to speak Spanish before resuming his military career back in the United States.
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