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Brief History of Baseball
by Regan Shaors
http://www.fleerbaseball.com

Although baseball technically came into being around it the
early 19th century, it's probably been around a lot longer.
That's when he first baseball clubs were formed. In 1845,
an Englishman named Alexander Cartwright came up with the
first list of rules for what is now called baseball.
Many of Cartwright's rules are still used in baseball today.

A group of amateur players formed the first baseball league
in 1958. It was called the National Association of Baseball
Players. The National Association of Baseball Players began
charging admission to its baseball games in their very first
year.

The year 1868 saw baseball hitting a new summit. The
National Association of Baseball Players saw the coming of
delegates from over a 100 clubs across the country. The end
of the Civil War saw the game being introduced to the other
parts of the country and everywhere it managed to enamor the
people.

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the American
League of baseball was formed and it started playing in
1901. The game of baseball was still very much a game of
strategy. It depended on bunting, base stealing and contact
hitters. However, with the invention of the cork centered
baseball, things changed. Now, the new baseball allowed for
more home runs. This took the popularity of baseball to
dizzy heights. As a natural consequence the cost of
admissions also soared.


Rival leagues kept trying to break into American baseball
even as late as 1960. Of course, they all failed to leave
any significant mark, and could not challenge the supremacy
of the National and American leagues that rule the game till
date. Baseball became a game of strategy and hitting
throughout the last part of the 20th century. However,
pitching and home run hitting are the baseball benchmarks of
today. Depending on the strength of their bullpens and their
home run hitters, baseball teams are either big winners or
big losers. The one thing that is consistent is that the
cost of admission still continues to rise.

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