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

The game of baseball is said to have begun in the early 19th
century, but that's just half the truth. The game was played
much before but the first baseball clubs were formed around
that time. An Englishman named Alexander Cartwright in the
year 1845 devised the first set of rules baseball. In fact,
many of the rules listed out then are still used in the
game.

The first baseball league was formed by a group of
amateur players in 1958, It was called the National
Association of Baseball Players. And yes, in their very
first year, the National Association of Baseball Players
began charging admission to its baseball games.It was in
1868, however, that baseball hit its stride. The Civil War
was over and the Union had carried the game of baseball to
other parts of the country where it created quite a
sensation. In 1868 the National Association of Baseball
Players had delegates from well over 100 clubs across the
country.

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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