Hint, Hint...Your Manager and Coaches Want You to Know the History of Baseball

The winter months are a great time to begin to better familiarize yourself with the history of the game you so dearly love.  Impress your coaches and surprise your manager with the facts and figures you share with them and your teammates.

For example, did you know 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."  Do you think it still is America's national pastime?  Why or why not?  If you answered 'no', consider what you and your teammates can do to restore baseball to once again be our "national pastime." 

Now back to some history:

Alexander Cartwright

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.  Click on this link to learn more about the history of baseball, and don't forget to share your knowledge with others on your team. Help them learn and grow, too!