History of Baseball

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  • Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing baseball in Cooperstown, New York.

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    History of Baseball

    Here are the events from the time baseball was invented to today's all star players.

  • Alexander Joy Cartwright develops the rules of baseball.

  • The first official game of baseball is played between the Knickerbockers and a group of cricket players.

  • The first womens' baseball team is started by a group from Vassar College.

  • Babe Ruth hits his legendary "called shot" home run against Charlie Root and the Chicago Cubs.

  • The New York Mets win the World Series.

  • Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpass Roger Maris' single-season home run record.

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