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Abner Doubleday first made baseball in his own backyard in New York.
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Baseball gets its rules courtesy of Alexander Cartwright.
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The Knickerbockers played against a team of cricket players.
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First women's baseball team is made at Vassar College.
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Candy Cummings throws the first ever recorded curveball.
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Boston Red Stocking formed in the Massachusetts city of Boston.
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William Hubert formed the National League.
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The American Baseball League, sometimes called the Beer and Whiskey League was formed.
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Moses Fleetwood Walter became the first professional African-American baseball player.
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The first World Series was played between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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The first woman to play pro baseball was Alta Weiss.
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The first strike held by baseball players.
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Babe Ruth hits his 500th home run and makes baseball history.
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The first five players are inducted into the first Hall of Fame.
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Because many men were fighting in WWII, the All-American Girl's Team was made.
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The Brooklyn Dodgers drafted Jackie Robinson.
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The World Series was broadcasted across America for the first time ever.
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The New York Giants win the game because Willie Mays catches a potentially game-winning home run and throws it to second base, getting Cleveland Indians' hitter Vic Wertz out.
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The New York Giants move to San Francisco, and the Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles.
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Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth’s single season home run record with 61.
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CBS buys the New York Yankees.
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The Astros' new stadium is the first domed baseball field.
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Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente pass away.
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The designated hitter rule is established.
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Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth’s career home run record with 715 .
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Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose passes Ty Cobb’s all-time hits record of 4,192.
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Pete Rose is banned for life from baseball for betting on games.
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Ken Griffey senior and Ken Griffey junior hit back-to-back home runs for the Seattle Mariners.
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A 44 year old Texas Rangers pitcher, Nolan Ryan, throws a no-hitter.
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The 1994 World Series is cancelled because players went on strike.
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Baltimore Orioles player Cal Ripken Jr. becomes The Iron Man” by breaking Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,131 consecutive games played.
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Jackie Robinson's number 42 is retired from all major league and minor league teams to honor him.
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Sammy Sosa passes Roger Maris' single-season home run record with 66, and Mark McGwire passes the record with 70.
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To grow the sport globally, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets opens the season in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tsuyoshi Shinjo of the San Francisco Giants partakes in the 2002 World Series.
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The Red Sox win their first world series in 84 years.
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Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s home run record of 755 and US Senator George Mitchell presents his infamous report regarding steroids.
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The last game is played at Yankee Stadium.
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The Chicago Cubs win their first World Series in 108 years, breaking the longest championship drought in American pro sports history.