BBC NEWS | UK | England | Surrey | Baseball's UK heritage confirmed

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Surrey | Baseball's UK heritage confirmed: "Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.

A diary that documents a game being played in Guildford in 1755 has been verified by Surrey History Centre.

William Bray, a Surrey diarist and historian from Shere, wrote about the game when he was still a teenager.

Major League Baseball, the governing body of the game in the US, has been informed of the discovery."