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Roughly when baseball started
The game of baseball was taken from another sport in england and eventually brought to america where it because the American sport. This is how the game formed and how it has come to be America's favorite passtime.
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The Redsox sell Babe Ruth to the Yankees
This was one of the biggest deals at its time. Since Babe Ruth is such a renouned player it was a very big part of the history of baseball.http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1157233-200-events-that-defined-shaped-and-changed-major-league-baseball -
The Luckiest Man on The Face of The Earth
Lou Gehrigs made a world renound speech when he found out he had a disease. This speech was heart felt and very emotional. Two years later when he died, the disease was named after him in his honor.
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Jackie Robinson
The first black man to ever break the color segragation in the MLB. This is one of the biggest changes for baseball history ever. This made it so that all types of races could play pro baseball.
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The Shot Heard Round The World
Thompson hit a three run hommer to win one of the most competitave endings to a series ever.
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Don Larsen Throws A Perfect Game In World Series
It is rare to hear that a pitcher threw a perfect game, especially when it is in the World Series. Lots of people were already talking about the World Series and this event made even more people interested.
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Roger Maris Beat Babe Ruth
Rofer Maris beat Babe Ruth's reccord for the most homeruns in one season by one homerun. This sparked talk about baseball that kept people excited about the game of baseball.
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Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth for the most homeruns in one season
This event sparked a lot of talk about baseball, witch is why it is an event that changed baseball. Hank Aaron fell one homerun short of leading Babe Ruth in the ammount of homeruns for one season.
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Reggie Gets Three Homeruns In One World Series Game
The segnificance of this event to the history of baseball is that three homeruns had not ever happeded in a World Series Game.
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Pete Rose Takes The Lead From Cobb
Many people though it was impossible to beat Cobb's record of homeruns in one season. Pete Rose rose to the challege and beat the current reccord. This changed the history of baseball because the announcement of a new record was heard around the world.
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