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1845: The beginning of systematic game with Alexander Cartwright's published book on set of baseball rules for the Knickerbocker Club of New York. It is claimed that his baseball rules were widely accepted in the US.
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1869: First professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were explicitly remunerated for the first time
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1871: The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players was established as the first professional baseball league
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1876: Over 3000 enthusiasts watched the hometown Philadelphia Athletics lose to Boston Red in the first National League game ever played
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1878: The Captain of Harvard University Baseball Club Frederick Thayer received a patent for baseball catcher mask
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1889The Players' League was created.
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During the 1919 World Series, 8 players of the Chicago White Sox were payed by petty underworld figures to intentionall throw the world series. RThe 1919 Black Sox scandal remains to this day one of the most notable scandals in sporting history.
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In not only one of the greatest moments in baseball history, but American history, young black player Jackie Robinson becomes the first black Major League player, playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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With the Giants losing in the bottom of the 9th inning, outfielder Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run to clinch the pennant for the Giants, completing the greatest comeback in baseball
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With many of the games superstars coming from all over the world, including Japanese born Ichiro Suzuki, MLB decides to have its opening game played in Tokyo, Japan.
