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Doubleday

American  
[duhb-uhl-dey] / ˈdʌb əlˌdeɪ /

noun

  1. Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.


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By Julia Langbein Doubleday: 320 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, wrote in an email that the “Beachville game of 1838 is as implausibly recalled” as the Doubleday fable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

By Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday: 256 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

At social media marketing agency We Are Social, some employees have even worn hot pants to work, according to managing director, Lucy Doubleday.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Reynolds sent messages to other commanders: Doubleday, Sicldes.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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