Baseball

By zachary.cox

  • WHen we began to play baseball.

    Americans began playing baseball on in formal teams, using local rules, in the early 1800s.

  • Invention of the feild.

    Alexander Joy Cartwright invented the modern baseball field in 1845.

  • The first offical rules.

    Alexander Cartwright devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball today in 1845.

  • 1st recorded game.

    The first recorded game was in1846.

  • National Pastime.

    By the 1860s the sport was being described as America's "national pastime."

  • First professional team.

    In 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first open-salaried team and considered the first professional team.

  • 1st team.

    The first organized baseball league was formed in 1876.