History of Baseball

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  • Invention

    Baseball is invented by Abner Doubleday.

  • Rules

    The first set of rules for baseball were established by Alexander Cartwright

  • Alexander Cartwright

    The first recorded baseball game was played by Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbockers.

  • MLB

    The Major League Baseball was formed.

  • First Game

    The first National League game was played against Philidelphia Athletics and Boston Red

  • Black Sox

    The heavily favored White Sox threw the 1919 World Series, this caused the first Commissioner to be elected

  • First Commissioner

    Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected baseball's first Commissioner in Baseball

  • Lou Gehrig

    Lou Gehrig dies prematurely to an unknown disease, now named the Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS for short

  • Kansas City Royals

    The Royals play their first game beating the Minnesota Twins 4-3.

  • Steroids

    A memo was sent out to the league regarding the use of steroids and how they are prohibited in the league.