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Tickets are sold for more than face value. A Brief History of Baseball:
Part I: Origins of the Gameby Sean Lahman
December 1996
Unlike professional basketball and American football, interest
in baseball has not been sweeping the globe . Declining
participation at the amateur level and protracted labor problems
at the professional level have thrust "America's
Pastime" into an era of uncertainty. Despite this current
adversity, baseball will always occupy an important place in
American culture. This column starts a three part look at the
history of baseball.
Most cultures have some sort of stick and ball game, cricket
being the most well-known. While the exact origins of baseball
are unknown, most historians agree that it is based on the
English game of mlb baseball tickets rounders. It began to become quote popular in
this country in the early 19th century, and many sources report
the growing popularity of a game called "townball",
"base", or "baseball".
Throughout the early part of that century, small towns formed
teams, and baseball clubs were formed in larger cities. In 1845,
Alexander Cartwright wanted to formalize a list of rules by which
all team could play. Much of mlb baseball tickets that original code is still in place
today. Although popular legend says that the game was invented by
Abner Doubleday, baseball's true father was Cartwright.
The first recorded baseball contest took place a year later,
in 1846. Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York
Baseball Club in a game at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New
Jersey. These amateur games became more frequent and more
popular. In 1857, a convention of amateur teams was called to
discuss rules and other issues. Twenty five teams from the
northeast sent delegates. The following year, they formed the
National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized
baseball league. In its first year of operation, the league
supported itself by occasionally charging fans for admission. The
future looked very bright.
The early 1860s, however were a time of great turmoil in the
United States. In those years of the Civil War, the number of
baseball clubs dropped dramatically. But interest in baseball was
carried to other parts of the country by Union soldiers, and when
the war ended there were more people playing baseball than ever
before. The leagues annual convention in 1868 drew
delegates from over 100 clubs.
As the league grew, so did the expenses of playing. Charging
admission to games started to become more common, and teams often
had to seek out donations or sponsors to make trips. In order for
teams to get the financial support they needed, winning became
very important. Although the league was supposed to be comprised
of amateurs, many players were secretly paid. Some were given
jobs by sponsors, and some were secretly paid a salary just for
playing.
In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings decided to become a
completely professional team. Brothers Harry and George Wright
recruited the best players from around the country, and beat all
comers. The Cincinnati team won sixty-five games and lost none.
The idea of paid players quickly caught on.
Some wanted baseball to remain an amateur endeavor, but there
was no way they could compete with the professional teams. The
amateur teams began to fade away as the best players became
professionals. In 1871, the National Association became the first
professional baseball league.
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