El i-baseball ye-cuban njengomdlalo ususelwa emdlalweni wamaBatos abomdabu baseCuba ababewudlala, ikakhulukazi abaseTaínos. Ababhali bembali baseSpain abahambele kulesi siqhingi ekunqobeni imikhankaso eyahlukene kanye nekoloni banikeze ubufakazi balo msebenzi.
Lowo mdlalo wawudlalwa ebatey futhi kwakuyindlela yakudala yokudlala ibhola ukuyishaya eyayenziwe nge-resin namaqabunga esesimeni socezu lwamagatsha esihlahla asikwe esime ngehalavu.
Phakathi kwamanye amaqiniso ahlobene, ngokusho kwezazi zolimi, kukhona ubudlelwano kwimvelaphi yamagama athi bate (bat) no-batear (hit) namagama ahambisanayo athi batey nama-batos asetshenziswa amaTaínos.
Akukho lwazi ngomlando we-baseball kuze kube ngu-1845 lapho u-Alexander J. Cartwright esungula iqembu. AmaKickerbockers, iqembu okokuqala ngqa elaya eNew York nasemhlabeni futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ukwenza kwalomdlalo omusha kwaqala ukusabalala emazweni aseCaribbean.
Kuthiwa ama-US Marines yiwona ayengabagqugquzeli bawo abaphambili kanti iCuba kwaba yizwe lokuqala ukwamukela lo msebenzi. Kuthiwa ngo-1871, imindeni eminingi ecebile yathumela izingane zayo ukuyofunda ezikoleni nasemanyuvesi ase-United States. UNemesio Guillo (umsunguli webhola laseCuba) noJosé Dolores Amieva nabafowabo ababili babeyingxenye yaleli gagasi elethule le nqubo futhi lasiza ukukhuthaza umdlalo ababewazi e-United States.
Basungula iqembu eMatanzas baqala ukudlala ngezikhala ezingenamuntu. Inkundla yomlando yasePalmar del Junco ePueblo Nuevo yakhiwa phambilini futhi yathathwa njengeyokuqala yalolu hlobo esiqhingini, lapho umdlalo wokuqala wasebholeni waseCuba wenzeka ngo-1874.
Kuze kwaba ngo-1877 umdlalo wokuqala wamazwe ngamazwe neqembu laseMelika wabanjwa, ePalmar de Junco, leli qembu lafika eMatanzas ligibela umkhumbi wokuqeqesha waseMelika. Ngemuva konyaka, ngo-1878, kwaqala ukuthanda i-baseball phakathi kwabantu baseCuba. ICuban Professional Baseball League yadalwa.
Izinkundla zakhiwa yonke indawo eHavana, lapho inqwaba yabalandeli iye khona iyobuka imidlalo ye-baseball ezindaweni ezinjengeCanteras de Medina, Melitón, Hacendados, Placer de Peñalver naseQuinta de Torrecillas ePuentes Grandes.
I-baseball yobungcweti yenziwa eCuba kwaze kwaba ngo-1961.
I-thesis yemvelaphi ye-baseball eCuba nase-Antilles ngokwesiko labomdabu lomdlalo weBatos AKUVUMELEKILE NGOKUPHELELE ekubukeni komlando, ukuvubukula kanye ne-anthropological. IBatos ngumdlalo ohlangothini olulodwa, lapho ibhola lidluliswa lisuka kolunye uhlangothi liye kolunye, ngakho-ke liyafana neminye imidlalo eseCentral America. Ifana kakhulu nevolibholi noma ithenisi, ayihlanganise lutho nomdlalo waseMelika obizwa nge-baseball. Imibono yalokhu okususelwa kwabomdabu base-Aborigine inemvelaphi yabo ebuzwe, njengempendulo ekungeneni kwama-impiriyali endaweni, kepha izinhloso zepolitiki azikho ebufakazini besayensi.