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Book Report on Baseball: A History of America's Game by Benjamin G. Rader In "Baseball: A History of America's Game", the Author Benjamin G. Rader discusses the history of baseball and how it developed to present day. Rader explains how baseball started as a simple game consisting of no rules besides the players using a stick to hit a ball and its constant evolution to what the game is today. He also displays several issues which America's favorite sport has had while

Baseball is known for being Americas Pastime, because of how great the history this sport carries behind it and how it was created almost a two-hundred years ago. Abner Doubleday invented baseball, though they claim, in 1839 and was also a Civil War hero. This is not true, and many people believe that he was the inventor. “There really is not a true inventor of the sport, it really came from two English sports, which are rounders and cricket that originated in the eighteen-hundreds. When the American Revolution happened different variations of the English games rounders and cricket were being played all over America and those games made a new one, baseball.”

Baseball is a game of skill that is played with a hard ball and a bat between two teams of nine players each at a time on the playing field at once. Although many different people play Baseball all over the world it is most popular in the United States. It is so popular in fact, it is referred to as the national pastime of the United States because of the tradition and popularity associated with the game. Baseball consists of many complicated rules. It also has a very elaborate history. One can not fully understand the game America has grown to love until learning about not only the rules but also the history.

Like the bald eagle, baseball has become an icon for the term “American”. It was the nation’s first major sport and quickly was coined America’s pastime. It was created from a combination of other games during the 1840’s and became increasingly popular during the years of the Civil War (Brinkley 392). In their

Baseball has been part of American history for well over 150 years now. It is considered to be America’s pastime, meaning it is what people loved to do in their off time back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York in 1839. Back then baseball was much different than today. Different rules, balls, and equipment than in today’s age. As baseball developed things changed such as the rules and equipment. Better equipment was put into place to help enhance the performance of the ball players. Baseball has become a sport of scouting. More and more scouts come to watch kids play in college and high school in hopes to find that one player that would be

Koppett, Leonard, and David Koppett. Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball. New New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004. Print.

The article “America’s Pastime” by Robert S. Fay and Tom Pfannoch, teaches readers about the history of baseball. The first unofficial baseball games were played in the early 1800’s, these games otherwise known as “town ball”. One of the earliest organizations to influence modernized baseball was the knickerbockers, the knickerbockers put together a set of rules and gave the game structure which helped standardize how the game is played today. Soon after, the game spread throughout the country and gained popularity among players and spectators as well, which led to the professional sport of baseball. Following the professionalization of the sport many leagues were formed, the present day MLB (Major League Baseball) has been considered America’s

Baseball is referred to as “America’s Pastime.” Many people argue it is one of the hardest sports to succeed in. Out of the four major sports in the United States, hitting a 95 mile per hour fastball is a goal only few can accomplish at a professional level. With only 750 players throughout 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, the odds of making it to “The Show” are highly unlikely. To make it to the big leagues as an African American player was an even harder feat to accomplish in the mid to late 1900’s. Baseballs Greatest Experiment tells the story of how MLB was an all white mans game up until the death of Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis in 1944. Team owners and the commissioner did not want to integrate African Americans into the MLB; “some experts argued that the absence of blacks in the majors stemmed from their lack of talent, intelligence and desire” ( Tygiel, 32). Since Jackie Robinson overcame many obstacles, baseball players and fans alike can argue that he paved the way for African Americans in baseball and challenged societal social structure.

The game of baseball originated from a game called rounders. Rounders consisted of two teams, a striking team and a fielding team. The striking team’s goal was to hit the ball in order to score “rounders,” or runs, in modern baseball. The rules were similar to the rules of baseball today. There were two teams consisting of nine players and four bases. One difference between rounders and baseball is that there is no foul territory in rounders. Any hit ball is in play and the player may run. In baseball, the ball must be hit in between the foul lines painted on the third and first base lines (Olmos).

The sport is such an integral part of our culture today that we Americans sometimes take for granted its significance in our everyday lives. Contemporary baseball is so closely related with American ideals and identity that it often has served as an expression of patriotism. In times of national hardships, baseball has been used to encourage and rally the nation. In speaking of the emergence of America's nationalism in the historic and contemporary playing field, there are several key issues that surface. Of these issues I will specifically address the long residuals of how baseball has helped to establish our (Americans) national spirit and identity. That is the links between our heritage and national institutions and the game of baseball as a cultural and political representative abroad and unifying tradition at home. I will also address ideals and injustices. That is how baseball's acceptability has changed over time, and how this acts as a microcosm for America's changing attitudes about equality and opportunity.

During the research of this paper there were several discoveries about the inner workings about the great American past time of baseball that was brought to my attention. The realization of how players are selected requires a great deal of thought and ingenuity (Thaler & Sunstein, 2003). As a former ball player (softball player), the remembrance of selecting individuals to play usually meant picking the best hitters and fielder for the team. However, with the tremendous amount of revenue generated in the game of baseball the organization providing the highest salary usually determines the player’s team.

First, I would like to talk about the start and the origins of baseball. Baseball originated from a game

Baseball is considered to be Americas all time past time, it is considered to be the oldest sport to still be played in the United States. Baseball has been called many names over the years including town ball, goal ball, and round ball. Some even believe that Baseball originated in England and gained popularity in the United States. However, others may believe that Abner Doubleday a Union soldier from the Civil War may have invented or created baseball. Consequently, there is no documentation proving he invented the game, furthermore he never claimed to have anything to do with the game. Unfortunately, Baseball is more than142 years old and for a third of those years blacks were excluded from participating in the sport that is considered to

The next reason why I chose this topic was because, I thought that my opinion could influence others and people could become more interested in baseball. Another reason I chose this topic was that it was a unique topic that most people wouldn't have known that much about, so I can help many people learn about a new topic that they could find interesting. In this project I analyze the question through three unique pieces. My first piece is a short osrty

Rounders (Irish: cluiche corr) is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a rounded end wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by running around the four bases on the field.[1][2]