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The Evolution of Baseball

The Evolution of Baseball. This Day in History…. Tom Thumb loses a race to a horse, 1830 Britain abolishes slavery, 1830 Founding of Saint Augustine, 1565 Ten suffragettes are arrested picketing the White House, 1917 Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of Civil Rights Bill, 1957

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The Evolution of Baseball

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  1. The Evolution of Baseball

  2. This Day in History… Tom Thumb loses a race to a horse, 1830 Britain abolishes slavery, 1830 Founding of Saint Augustine, 1565 Ten suffragettes are arrested picketing the White House, 1917 Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of Civil Rights Bill, 1957 I Have a Dream Speech, 1963 Riots at DNC in Chicago, 1968

  3. What We’re Focusing on Today • Explain the developments in the United States that allowed for the development of baseball • Identify and describe individuals central to the proliferation of baseball in America

  4. Askin’ All Them Questions • What was the Base Ball Players League? • What do sports tell us about ancient societies? • What were some uses for sports throughout history? • Why was the YMCA founded? • Who was America’s first major superstar? • What was the biggest divider of sports in America? • What were the differences? • What conflict helped the development of baseball? • How did the Gilded Age help sports develop? • What invention was central to sports becoming big?

  5. Assuming • Alphabet Brainstorm

  6. Where Does Baseball Come From? • Bat and ball games go back several centuries • _____________ • Knattleikr • First written mention of stick and ball games • ______________ • Domesday Book, 1085 • Most historians credit ___________ as the game that leads to baseball • Still played mostly by children

  7. Where Did Baseball Come From? • If your birthday is in the first 1st/3 of the year • Look for any equipment that might be necessary • If your birthday is in the 2nd/3 of the year • Look for any rules you might guess • If your birthday is in the 3rd/3 of the year • Look for difficulty level • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1gQCVVF10w

  8. Rounders • Each game consists of _____ innings • Teams consist of 6-9 players • Each team gets _____ outs in their half of the inning • How Most Outs Are Made • Batter’s ball is caught in the air • Fielder touches a runner with the ball between posts • The post that the fielder is running to is touched • Interesting Ways to Get Out • Throw the bat in a dangerous manner • Obstructing the bowler or catcher view

  9. Assuming • Why do you think that there were rules put in place against throwing the bat?

  10. Rounders • ___________ • Underhand throws the ball • Batters get 3 good balls • 3 bad pitches = half rounder • Once ball is hit • No _______________ • If a ball is hit in backwards area • Batter can only go to first until the ball returns to front area • Scoring • You get a __________ if you touch all 4 posts • ___________ are counted

  11. Pilgrim Baseball? • First reference to baseball in history • A Pretty Little Pocket Book, 1644 • First American reference • Pittsfield, MA • 1791 • Game was outlawed from being played near the meeting house

  12. Askin’ All Them Questions • What early society had their own stick and ball game? • What game gave way to baseball? • What is a creative way to get called out? • Where was baseball first mentioned in America?

  13. Assuming • What qualities would you like to have someone representing you to have? • List 3 characteristics and describe why they are important

  14. Who Invented Baseball? Contestant #1 Contestant #2 • Bank teller • Volunteer fireman • Originally from New York City • Moved to Hawaii because of a gold rush • First fire chief in Honolulu • West Point graduate • Fought • Mexican American War • Civil War • Pivotal role in Gettysburg • Indian Wars • Grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War • From an “All-American town”

  15. Contestant #2 • _____________________ • Credited with inventing the game in 1839 • On a farm • __________________ • Members selected by Albert Spalding • What is his job? • Abraham Mills • National League commissioner • Key piece of evidence • Abner Graves letter • 71 year old retired miner

  16. Thinking Notes • This “Base Ball” was crude compared with present day ball, but it was undoubtedly the first starter of “Base Ball” and quickly superceded “town ball” with the older boys, although we younger boys stuck to town ball and the “old cats.” I well remember several of the best players of sixty years ago, such as Abner Doubleday, ElihuPhinney, John C Graves, Nels C Brewer, Joseph Chaffee, John Starkweather, John Doubleday, Tom Bingham and others who used to play on the “Otsego Academy Campus” although a favorite place was on the “Phinney farm” on west shore of Otsego lake.“Baseball” is undoubtedly a pure American game, and its birthplace Cooperstown, New York, and Abner Doubleday entitled to first honor of its invention. • AbnerGraves • 32 Bank Block, Denver, Colorado. What would some motives be for him to write this? Would knowing he spent his last years in an insane asylum be key to his credibility?

  17. Abner Doubleday Obituary • http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30D1FFF3C5515738DDDA10A94D9405B8385F0D3

  18. Other Interesting Information… • Abner Doubleday in 1839 • Enrolled at West Point • No summer break • Doubleday was an extensive journaler • _________________________________________ • _____________________ • Contemporary • Baseball journalist/enthusiast • “A masterpiece of special pleading which lets my dear old friend Albert escape a bad defeat.”

  19. Assuming • Mills Commission report is made final, 1907 • Supported by Albert Spalding • Why would Albert Spalding want Abner Doubleday to be the inventor of baseball? • He wants an American hero • Sells merchandise • Is an establishment figure • Hall of Fame is put in _______________________

  20. Askin’ All Them Questions • Abner Doubleday • Mills Commission • Albert Spalding • Rounders

  21. The Real Inventor of Baseball • __________________ • 1845 • Wanted some clean entertainment for adults • Game to play in the city without the anarchy of the city • Represented the new, growing middle class

  22. The Real Inventor of Baseball • Cartwright’s Creations • Tagging a runner • Using canvas bases • Shortstop • Batting order • Foul ball • 3 strikes • 3 outs • Uniform styles

  23. The Knickerbockers • _________________Club of New York • September 23, 1845 • Gathered after church to play • More important was ____________________ • “Those who sedentary habits required recreation” • Who would that be?

  24. The Real Inventor of Baseball • Knickerbockers meet with other clubs in 1857 • Empire • Eagle • Gotham • Excelsior • Officially set the rules for baseball • Lack of a time structure • Green diamond

  25. All of the Cool Kids Are Doing It…

  26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wC0YGzAZAs

  27. After the Civil War • A sense of nostalgia • Entrepreneurs ___________ • Selling tickets • .25 up to $5 • No players were paid big • No more gentlemanly game • ____________________ • First professional team • Salary: $9,300 • $156,000 • Profit on season: $23.45

  28. The Senior Circuit • Baseball was behaving much like other industries were during the Gilded Age • National League of Professional Baseball Clubs • 1876 • William Hulbert • Banned gambling & liquor • Expel clubs that don’t stick to a schedule • No Sunday games • Original members still around • Chicago Cubs (White Stockings) • Atlanta Braves (Boston Beaneaters)

  29. Big Changes in Baseball/Sports History • Teams would now be owned by businesspeople not the players • Reserve clause • Could reserve a player for their whole career • Keeps salaries down

  30. Other Leagues • American Association • Played where the NL didn’t have teams • Cheaper tickets • Alcohol & Sunday games • Played a “World Series” with the NL • Eventually overtaken by the NL • Pittsburgh Pirates • Teams Still around • Brooklyn Bridegrooms (Dodgers) • Cleveland Spiders (Indians) • St. Louis Brown Stockings (Cardinals) • Washington Senators (Twins) • Baltimore Orioles

  31. The Little Brother: The American League • Midwestern League • Ban Johnson • Charles Comiskey • Connie Mack • Straight laced baseball league • Becomes the AL in 1901 • Chicago White Stockings • Boston Americans • Detroit Tigers • Philadelphia A’s • Baltimore Orioles • Milwaukee Brewers • Cleveland Indians • Washington Senators (Twins)

  32. Champion of the World • Initially NL looked down on AL • Eventually both sides saw they were diluting money and talent • ______________1903 • Both leagues accept each other • World Series is established

  33. Askin’ All Them Questions • National Agreement • 1 original professional baseball team • Alexander Cartwright • Abner Doubleday • Rounders

  34. What We’re Talking About Tomorrow • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYltpZT0KI

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