Question

\america at play\ by susan reyburn
what is the claim in the excerpt from the article \america at play\ by susan reyburn?
if they checked the library of congress, they would see that baseball originated in california.
if they checked the library of congress, they would see that baseball originated in texas.
if they checked the library of congress, they would see that baseball originated in england.
as major league baseball prepared to celebrate what it thought was the sports centennial in 1939, it relied on a 1907 mills commission report that credited abner doubleday as the games inventor. the commission had accepted a personal account from abner graves that placed doubleday in cooperstown, n.y. where he supposedly spent the summer of 1839 creating the national pastime. had baseball officials consulted with library of congress staff, they might have dug up irrefutable proof that baseballs tangled roots in america did not originate with doubleday on a new york farm, but instead lie deep in colonial - era soil and - yes - england.

Explanation:

The text states that baseball's roots in America do not start with Doubleday on a New York farm but instead lie in colonial - era soil and England. This is supported by the idea that if baseball officials had consulted the Library of Congress staff, they would have found proof.

Answer:

If they checked the Library of Congress, they would see that baseball originated in England.