| A Short Baseball History
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| | to make their way into American baseball.
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| The game of baseball is said to have
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| | All of them failed to leave any
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| begun in the early 19th century, but
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| | significant mark, and the game is still
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| that's just half the truth. The game was
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| | ruled today by the National and American
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| played much before but the first baseball
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| | leagues. And throughout the last part of
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| clubs were formed around that time. An
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| | the 20th century, baseball became both a
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| Englishman named Alexander Cartwright in
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| | game of strategy and hitting. Pitching
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| the year 1845 devised the first set of
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| | and home run hitting, though, are the
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| rules baseball. In fact, many of the
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| | baseball benchmarks of today. Baseball
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| rules listed out then are still used in
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| | teams are either big winners or big
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| the game.
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| | losers, depending on the strength of
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| In the year 1858, a group of amateur
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| | their bullpens and their home run
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| players came together to form the first
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| | hitters. And the cost of admission still
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| baseball league - known as the National
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| | continues to rise.
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| Association of Baseball Players. Right
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| | In the early 20th century the
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| from the first year, the National
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| | concentration was more on hitting the
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| Association of Baseball Players began
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| | home runs. Babe Ruth changed the course
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| charging for admission to baseball games.
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| | of the game with his magical abilities to
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| At the turn of the century, the American
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| | achieve home runs. It was due to
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| League of baseball came into being and
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| | sportsmen like Babe Ruth that baseball
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| began playing in 1901. The game of
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| | achieved the levels of popularity that it
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| baseball was still very much a game of
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| | did. The popularity of Babe Ruth also
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| strategy. The game depended on bunting,
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| | helped in improving the money in the
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| base stealing and contact hitters. With
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| | game, since people just went to watch
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| the invention of the cork centered
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| | Babe Ruth in action.
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| baseball, all that changed. Because the
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| | Rival leagues kept trying to break into
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| new baseball allowed for more home runs
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| | American baseball even as late as 1960.
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| baseball's popularity took off--and so
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| | Of course, they all failed to leave any
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| did the cost of admissions.Throughout the
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| | significant mark, and could not challenge
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| early 20th century, the game of
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| | the supremacy of the National and
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| baseballrelied more and more on the
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| | American leagues that rule the game till
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| hitting of home runs, and lesson
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| | date. Baseball became a game of strategy
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| strategy. This was thanks to great
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| | and hitting throughout the last part of
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| baseball players like Babe Ruth, who
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| | the 20th century. However, pitching and
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| completely revolutionized the game with
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| | home run hitting are the baseball
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| hisprowess at hitting home runs. It is
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| | benchmarks of today. Depending on the
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| largely due to the "Babe" that baseball
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| | strength of their bullpens and their home
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| became one of the most popular sports in
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| | run hitters, baseball teams are either
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| America. And it didn't hurt future
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| | big winners or big losers. The one thing
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| baseball players that people were willing
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| | that is consistent is that the cost of
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| to pay to see Babe Ruth play.
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| | admission still continues to rise.
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| Even as late as 1960, rival leagues tried
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