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When was baseball invented
Baseball was most likely invented and first played around the early 1800's and was founded by Abner Doubleday.
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First world seires
For those of you who don't know the world series is the championship for baseball where the two best teams in the league play. For the first world series in 1903 the boston americans also known as the boston redsoxs won the first world series title.
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Cy young award
Cy young pitched the first perfect game and that is why the award for the best pitcher of the year is called the Cy Young award.
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Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the major league changing the game forever.
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first world series perfect game.
In 1956 a add man named Don larsen pitched the only perfect game in the world series.
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The dead ball era
The dead ball era was when instead of a cork inside the ball there was a liver.
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First all black lineup
The pittsburgh pirates had the first all black lineup in 1971 -
first free agent
The first free agent in the modern era was a guy named Catfish hunter.
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barry bonds not in the HOF
Barry bonds has the most homeruns of all time but is not in the HOF because he did steroids for part of his career.