Baseball History Research Paper

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The History Of Baseball

“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world”. I have lived off this quote from George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. my entire baseball career. Baseball has always been there for me when no one else has(.http://www.allposters.com/)It has changed my life drastically. So this quote from Babe Ruth, I take to heart. It has inspired many people to play baseball and become phenomenons in the Major League Baseball Association. Im also positive that someone inspired him to play. There was many great players before Mr. Ruth.
And that's what we are going to talk about today. The History Of Baseball itself!! It is very important for all baseball associated players learn about the history of the game. That way they can learn some old …show more content…

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rulemenu.shtml) They Established the club and the rules on September 23, 1845(http://www.history.com/). Althoughbaseball was already up and running the first so called “First Baseball Game” in history was the …..Knickerbocker Baseball Club versus. The New York Baseball club. This game was played on October 6, 1885. Sadly that game ended in a loss for the Knickerbocker Baseball Club. The final score for the first game in baseball history was 21-1.

Although The Knickerbocker Baseball Club was formed in 1845 the first and official Major league Baseball team was established on July 23, 1866. The team was
Cincinnati Red Stockings. (http://go.galegroup.com/) The Cincinnati Red Stockings Baseball had an astonishing first season in the Majories. The famous baseball club had an an almost 90 games winning streak in a row. The first loss to the club was a very close game. The Loss was against the Brooklyn Atlantics. In a long heavy 11 inning game the Brooklyn
Atlantics Came threw with a win over the Cincinnati Red Stockings 8 to 7. During the offseason the players worked out and moved to Boston where the team become to

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