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First game ever played
On 19 June 1846, the first officially recorded, organized baseball match was played under Alexander Joy Cartwright's rules on Hoboken's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired. -
First Baseball bat
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First league was born.
On March 10, 1858 another convention was held in New York. During this convention the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed and a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws was appointed. -
The baseball glove comes to baseball.
A baseball glove or mitt is a large leather glove that baseball players on the defending team are allowed to wear to assist them in catching and fielding balls hit by a batter, or thrown by a teammate. -
The first and final baseball design.
The size and weight of the baseball changed radically in 1857, continued to change in the 1860's and in 1872 became the same as the ball used today. -
National league is born.
On February 2, 1876, William Hulbert, the President of the Chicago White Stockings, who competed in the final two National Association seasons, spearheaded a meeting in New York City to organize a new more stable league. The National League was born and has been active ever since. -
The catchers mask is introduced to baseball.
A Harvard student named James Tyng was the first recorded player to wear a catcher's mask in a game against a semi-pro team from Lynn, Massachusetts on April 12, 1877. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_the_first_catcher's_mask_worn#ixzz1jj6jbQeK -
The American league is born.
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major league status. It is often called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season, 25 years after the formation of the National League (the "Senior Circuit"). -
The first world series ever played,
In an effort to end a bitter two year rivalry and promote unity in baseball, the veteran National League and newly established American League decided to bury the hatchet and come together for a new kind of season finale. -
The curse of the Bambino begins.
The curse was said to have begun after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees in the off-season of 1919-1920. Before that point, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises, winning the first World Series and amassing five World Series titles. After the sale they went without a title for decades, as the previously lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports. -
NNL is formed.
The first successful organized Negro League was established on February 13, 1920, at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Andrew "Rube" Foster was the driving force behind the organization of this league and served as its president. -
Babe Ruth hits 714
On May 25, 1935, Babe Ruth hit his 714th career home run. Five days later, he played his last game of major league baseball. -
Yankees win back to back to back to back with Joe.
DiMaggio was a three-time MVP winner and 13-time All-Star (the only player to be selected for the All-Star Game in every season he played). In his thirteen year career the Yankees won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. -
The first black major league baseball player,
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 -
Hank hits 715.
The team returned to Atlanta, and on April 8, 1974, a crowd of 53,775 people showed up for the game—a Braves attendance record. In the fourth inning, Aaron hit career home run number 715 off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing breaking and beating Babe Ruht's record of 714 home runs. He ended his career with a record setting 755 home runs. -
Red sox reverse the curse.
Derek Lowe and the Red Sox did not allow a single run in game 4. The game ended as Edgar Rentería hit the ball back to closer Keith Foulke. After Foulke lobbed the ball to Mientkiewicz at first, the Red Sox had won their first World Championship in 86 years. -
Barry Bonds hits 756.
On August 7 Bonds hit a 435 foot (133 m) home run, his 756th, off a pitch from Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron.
