An American Pastime Traditional Cache
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A quick park and grab. Please replace where you found it and watch out for muggles. No Dogs allowed and this is NOT a 24hr cache.
****Don't forget to bring a pen, to sign the log****
After researching this sport it appears that there are several different years that people say the sport began. I took this from about.com "History of Baseball" Alexander Cartwright By Mary Bellis
Americans began playing baseball on informal teams, using local rules, in the early 1800s. By the 1860s, the sport, unrivaled in popularity, was being described as America's "national pastime."
Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892) of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845. Alexander Cartwright and the members of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, devised the first rules and regulations that were accepted for the modern game of baseball.
Rounders
Baseball was based on the English game of rounders. Rounders become popular in the United States in the early 19th century, where the game was called "townball", "base", or "baseball". Alexander Cartwright formalized the modern rules of baseball. Yes, others were making their own versions of the game at the time, however, the Knickerbockers style of the game was the one that became the most popular.
History of Baseball - Knickerbockers
The first recorded baseball game was held in 1846 when Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club. The game was held at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
In 1858, the National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized baseball league was formed.
History of Baseball Trivia
•1845: Alexander Cartwright published a set of baseball rules for the Knickerbocker Club of New York, and his rules were widely adopted.
•1869: The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first openly-salaried team and are thus considered the first professional team.
•1871: The first professional baseball league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, was established.
•1876: The first major league, the National League, was formed.
•1878: Frederick Winthrop Thayer of Massachusetts (captain of the Harvard University Baseball Club) received a patent for a baseball catcher's mask on February 12.
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