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Founding
Major League baseball was founded -
1st Team
The first proffesional team the cincinnati red stockings were founded -
Dead ball era
Baseball"s first big boom, games dominated by pithching performances -
Color Barrier
Basweball was the 1st sport to accept African Americans -
WW2 Era
President Roosevelt responds "I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have a chance for recreation and for taking their minds off their work even more than before."[25] -
Expansion
Baseball expanded across the USA to create a bigger fanbase and market -
Rule Change
Rules change to give hitters an advantage -
Stadiums
Stadiums got bigger and better to holds more fans and make them more desirable to got to -
power era
Baseball players started scoring more runs creating a bigger interest in the sport -
Mlb network
MLB got their own tv network