July is mid-season break for baseball, which no doubt means more time for caching but if involved in Baseball, it's a month of cross league tornaments such as the All star game, junior world series games at Cooperstown and lots of other action for Northern & Central American fans but how did the game get started.
The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball is popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
While a baseball craze hit New York in the mid 1850's, it wasn't until 1876 when the National League was founded, the older of the two leagues that still survive in North America today. The other being the American League started in 1901 and the first 'world' series between the two leagues was played in 1903. The Baseball 'World' series has often been questioned given the leagues only include teams from America and Canada but the name actually came about due to Barney Dreyfuss who was the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1903, he wrote to the owner of the Boston Red Sox challenging them to a ‘World’s Championship Series’. The Pirates were the best team in the National League and the Red Sox were the best in the American League.
The games went ahead and Boston won the series five games to three. Over time, the 'World’s Championship Series' name has been shortened to the World Series and has been played every year apart from 1904 and 1994. In 1904 the New York Giants refused to play the Boston Americans as they considered the team inferior, in 1994 the World Series was cancelled due to a player strike.
There is a World Baseball Classic Tornament that started in 2006 which does actually includes 20-25 countries.
After learning a little of the history, how do you think you will go on the field positions. Solve the puzzle to find the final coordinates