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West Point cadet Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball. he is said to have invented it while he was in Cooperstown, New York, even though according to his diaries, he had never visited there.
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National Assiociiation of Baseball Players was formed, and baseball had become a business.
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In December of 1867, they voted tp not admit any team in the league that "may be composed of one or more colored persons".
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He is credited for being the first black major league player after signing with a team in Toledo, even though the American Association was just beginning and the National League was just more prestigous
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The Cuban Giants, founded in Babylon, New York, was the first all black baseball team created
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In this case, they made the "separate but equal" rule
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The Negro National League was created
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In 1929, the stock market had crashed and that was during the time of the Great Depression
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In the year of 1947, Jackie Robinso was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the first African-American baseball player in the major league
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MLB was now desegregated, and white and black players could both play in the major league