Baseball

Baseball over the years

By lynchj17

  • First Set of Rules

    First Set of Rules
    Alexander Cartwright wrote the first set of rules that were called Knickerbocker Rules.

  • First Recorded Game

    First Recorded Game
    The New York Baseball club beat the Knickerbockers 23-1

  • First Profesional Game

    score and line upFort Wayne Beat Cleavland 5-0

  • First World Series

    First World Series
    The Boston Americans Beat the Pitsburg Pirates 5 games to 3

  • Black Sox scandal

    Black Sox scandal
    7 players on the white sox got paid to lose the world series and an 8th player got blamed ("shoeless" Joe Jackson) and was banned from baseball for life.

  • Babe Ruth's called shot

    Babe Ruth's called shot
    called shotBabe Ruth pointed to center field and called his next hit, a home run.

  • First MLB All-Star game

    First MLB All-Star game
    36 players played and 20 went on to the hall of fame.

  • First Night Game

  • First inducties of the Hall of Fame

    First inducties of the Hall of Fame
    Ty Cobb got the most votes but other players included Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner

  • First Televised Gsme

    Only one camera in action and no monitors.

  • Joe DiMaggio hit streak

    He hit for 56 games strait and still holds the record for longest hit streak.

  • The Shot heard round the world

    The Shot heard round the world
    the shot heard round the world

  • Giants and Dodgers move west

    Giants and Dodgers move west
    moving west

  • Interleage Play Introduced

    The first interleage game was when the Texas Rangers hosted the San Fransisco Giants.

  • Boston Breaks the Curse

    Boston Breaks the Curse
    It had been called the curse of the bambino. it had been 86 years since the red sox had won a world series.

  • Baseball Today

    Baseball Today
    Now there are 13 profesional teams and many many other amatour teams.