El Ibhola yebhola njengomdlalo unemvelaphi yawo kumdlalo weBatos owawusetyenziswa ngabemi bomthonyama baseCuba, ngakumbi amaTaínos. Ababhali-mbali baseSpain abatyelele esiqithini xa boyise iihambo ezahlukeneyo kunye nobukoloniyali babonelele ubungqina balo msebenzi.
Lo mdlalo wawudlalwa kwi-batey kwaye yayiyeyona ndlela yakudala yokudlala ibhola ukuyibetha eyayenziwe nge-resin kunye namagqabi amile okwisiqwenga sesebe lomthi elisikiweyo ngesimo sefosholo.
Phakathi kwezinye iinyani ezinxulumene noko, ngokweengcali zeelwimi, kukho ubudlelwane kwimvelaphi yamagama athi bate (bat) kunye batear (hit) kunye namagama ahambelana nawo athi batey kunye neebatos ezisetyenziswa yiTaínos.
Akukho lwazi malunga nembali ye-baseball kude kube ngo-1845 xa uAlexander J. Cartwright waseka iqela. Iiknickerbockers, iqela elaya eNew York kunye nehlabathi okokuqala kwaye ukusukela ngalo mzuzu ukuya phambili ekwenzeni lo mdlalo mtsha laqala ukusasazeka kuwo onke amazwe eCaribbean.
Kuthiwa i-US Marines yayingabakhuthazi bayo kwaye iCuba yayililizwe lokuqala ukwamkela lo msebenzi. Kuthiwa ngowe-1871, iintsapho ezininzi ezazityebile zathumela abantwana bazo ukuba baye kufunda kwizikolo nakwiiyunivesithi zaseUnited States. UNemesio Guillo (umsunguli webhola yaseCuba) kunye noJosé Dolores Amieva kunye nabantakwabo bababini babeyinxalenye yeli gagasi lazisa obu buchule kwaye lanceda ukukhuthaza umdlalo ababewazi eUnited States.
Benze iqela eMatanzas kwaye baqala ukudlala kwiindawo ezingenamntu. Ibala lezemidlalo iPalmar del Junco ePueblo Nuevo yakhiwa ngaphambili kwaye yathathelwa ingqalelo njengeyokuqala ngohlobo lwayo kwesi siqithi, apho umdlalo wokuqala wasebaseball waseCuba wabanjwa ngo-1874.
Kude kwaba ngo-1877 umdlalo wokuqala wamazwe aphela neqela laseMelika labanjwa, ePalmar de Junco, eli qela lafika eMatanzas ngenqanawa yoqeqesho yaseMelika. Kunyaka kamva, ngo-1878, uthando lwe-baseball lwavela phakathi kwabantu baseCuba. ICuban Professional Baseball League yadalwa.
Amabala ezemidlalo akhiwa kuyo yonke indawo eHavana, apho uninzi lwabalandeli laya kubukela imidlalo ye-baseball kwiindawo ezinjengeCanteras de Medina, Melitón, Hacendados, Placer de Peñalver naseQuinta de Torrecillas ePuentes Grandes.
I-baseball yobungcali yayiqhutywa eCuba kude kube ngo-1961.
Ithisisi yemvelaphi yebhola ekhatywayo eCuba nakwiiAntilles ngokwesiko lomthonyama lomdlalo weBatos NGOKUQHELEKILEYO ayinakulondolozeka ngokwembali, umbono wezinto zakudala kunye nembali yabantu. I-Batos ngumdlalo omacala mabini, apho ibhola idluliselwa ivela kwelinye icala iye kwelinye, ke iyafana neminye imidlalo ekuMbindi Merika. Ifana nevolibholi okanye intenetya, ayinanto yakwenza nemidlalo yaseMelika ebizwa ngokuba yibhola. Iithisisi zolu luvo lucingelwayo nolungahambelaniyo lwemveli lwalunemvelaphi yobuzwe, njengempendulo yokungena kwama-impiriyali kuloo ndawo, kodwa iinjongo zopolitiko azikho kubungqina benzululwazi.