Essay on The History of Baseball

The Sox had immediate success with players like Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Tris Speaker, Smokey Joe Wood, and Babe Ruth throughout its early years. Boston won the first World Series in 1903 followed by championships in 1912, 1915, 1916, and 1918. One of the most well known baseball players in history, pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth was originally from the Red

The MLB didn’t start until 1876 with the National league and then they brought in the American league in 1901. The first World Series was held in 1903 with the Boston Americans beating the Pittsburg pirates 5-3. Baseball hasn’t always been glorified as it was though. It experienced rough times in the 1940’s when African Americans weren’t allowed to play in the major league but thanks to Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby, they eliminated the racial discrimination in baseball and outside the baseball world. Baseball has also experienced rough times during the WWII and Vietnam era. During the time of war, players would go and serve in the military and baseball would have to replace them with less talented players. But Upon return, baseball returned to its once prestige self.

In 1919 two teams came together to fight for the title of being the 1919 World Series winner, these two teams where Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox. The world series is the championship for baseball. Chicago was the team in favor to win the series, but other people wanted the Cincinnati reds to win. This is what started the whole scandal for eight White Sox players to rig the series so that the Reds would win. All eight players were banned from baseball forever and became known as baseball's Black Sox. All players that were a part of the scandal are no longer allowed to play an organized baseball game.

    The Dodgers share a strong rivelry with the San Francisco Giants, the oldest rivelry in baseball, going all the way back to when both teams were in new york. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season. the Brooklyn and Los Angeles dodgers have appeared in the world series 18 times. while the new york and san Francisco giants have appeared in 20. the dodgers have won 21 national leauge titles; while the Giants hold the record with

In an big effort to end a bitter rivalry and promote unity in baseball, National League and newly established American League decided to come together for a new kind of season finale. Nine years earlier, the two top teams in the National League competed in an post-season championship in which Boston defeated Pittsburgh five games to three. In 1903, both teams found themselves competing against one another in the first official "World Series". Pittsburgh's Barney Dreyfuss and Boston's Henry Killilea agreed that their ball clubs, who were both pennant winners, should meet in a best-of-nine playoff series for the "World Championship."

In 1932, the Grays joined the East-West League. The East-West League only lasted that season. After a few more years of being independent, the Grays then joined the National Negro League. This league lasted the rest of the thirteen years of the Grays. The Grays were one of the most successful Negro League teams ever.

The game of baseball became an organized sport in 1840 and 1850. Baseball is becoming more popular in America. For example, by 1860 the sport took the crown of America favorite sport over England cricket.

The Yankees faced The Giants in the 1922 World Series. The Yankees lost in five games. In 1923, it was the first time playing at Yankee Stadium. On April 18, 1923 Ruth hit the first ever homerun at Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox. Babe Ruth was the only person to win the American League Most Valuable Player award in his career. In 1923 The Yankees played The Giants again. Babe Ruth hit three homeruns in the six game series.

The 1919 White Sox--the White Sox of Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Dickie Kerr, Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson--are considered by baseball historians to be one of the greatest teams ever to take the field (Solomon). The “Black” Sox were the major favorites of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Chicago had the better pitching, the better hitting, and the better fielding, but they somehow lost. The “Black” Sox lost in eight games, back in 1919 the only playoff series they was the World series so they played a max of nine games. A few months after the Reds won the World Series, on December fifteenth, 1919, “The New York World published an explosive article by Hugh Fullerton suggesting the the World Series was fixed” (Linder).

Although research fails to indicate the first credible sports team represented by a Native American word, the first recorded teams were the MLB’s Atlanta Braves in 1912, and the MLB’s Cleveland Indians in 1915. Originally the Boston Red Stockings in the 1870s, the team changed their name in 1912 as a desperate hope to emerge from three consecutive 100-loss seasons. At the suggestion of the team’s president, the team adopted the title of the Braves. The name was selected because the club's new owner was a member of a political organization in Tammany Hall, a New

rules changed over time such as the length of the game change to nine innings and the distance from the pitchers found to home

The cause of the World Series is that people wanted to play pro baseball. The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first pro baseball team. They formed a team around the late 1890’s.Since there were pro teams sprouting everywhere, some baseball officials met. They had people join leagues which had rules, schedules and contracts. By the 1890’s, there were two major baseball leagues. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, and their rival , The American Association of Baseball Clubs. The AA (American Association) folded in and took its place. The first World Series was the Cincinnati Red Stockings V.S the Chicago White Stockings. Cinnati was from AA and the Whites from NLBC ( National League of Baseball Clubs). Before the game, some

The Sox were an unhappy team, and they fought often. The World Series in 1919 was the first national championship game after the war, and baseball was back to normal. Many gamblers were present at professional baseball games, and players frequently gambled with them. Some even threw single games to gather cash.

The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball’s Golden Age written by Robert Weintraub is focused on the 1946 Major League Baseball season after World War II when “America was ready to heal.” During the war, parks were empty, the balls were made with fake rubber, and all of America’s favorite players were serving in the war. When players returned, they exchanged their military uniforms for baseball uniforms and the sport of baseball quickly became a key tool which helped many American’s return to their normal, everyday lives. Parks began to fill up again and a new era of baseball was born. Although so many soldiers returning at once did cause some issues, the National League was very competitive and many thrived on it. Weintraub discusses many events considered to be baseball’s best times including: the difficult, yet rewarding transition of baseball players from military service to the major leagues, The Brooklyn Dodgers breaking the racial segregation in the league by signing a black man, Jackie Robinson, the introduction of the Mexican League, in which American players signed with to receive higher salaries, and the 1946 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals, where the Cardinals defeated the Sox in the seven game series. Weintraub strongly focuses

The first game that is recorded in the hall of fame is in September of 1845 were the rules were first used in a game with the knickerbockers, led by a bank clerk named Alexander Cartwright. The first game was played in June against a team in Hoboken, New Jersey. But there is still some controversy between the two cities as who is the birthplace of baseball. But a lot of people still don’t understand the origin of the game before the Cartwright rules in 1845, as referred to by he baseball hall of fame.