Most elements of our national pastime will be recognizable Saturday at 6 p.m. at Fort Vancouver, even though the two teams will play according to the 1867 rulebook.
But plenty of aspects have changed since 1867, when fielders could catch the ball on one bounce for an out, batters could specify where they wanted the pitch and fielders didn’t wear gloves.
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