Alexander Joy Cartwright: The Invention Of Baseball

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A New York individual known as Abner Doubleday invented the theory game sport of baseball. Someone has to pitch and the other had to hit using a baseball bat. This is significant because without the invention of baseball there would be no such sport to play. If there is “no play” then there is not a lot of fun, no activity, and little social life, mentally tried, and also less physically activity.

An individual named Alexander Joy Cartwright set up rules that regulated the sport of baseball. This is significant because rules are necessary in any sport. If no rules are present, there is no proper intention of sport. Thus, his layout of play and his rules led to a new generation of baseball. Cartwright was then on known as the “Father of Baseball”. …show more content…

Knickerbocker lost 23-1. This is noteworthy because the first game set precedent for other games in the future. Kind of like law because you cannot break the law. And similarly, you cannot break the rules of a baseball game. So, everyone is equal and play a happy game of baseball.

A group of women from Vassar College developed a Baseball team. This was the first ever women Baseball team that was created after the invention of Baseball. These women wanted to play baseball and therefore, a team was created. This is important because after that women began to be involved in sport at Vassar College. The teams were allowed to play baseball at college. As a result, baseball allowed other girls at the college to become active and play Baseball. Set minds of women to play sports as well and no one can stop them from playing because they have their rights.

It contained section of East, West, and Central teams. That played against each other. A man named William Hubert was known as the leader of the National League. Making this an important fact about baseball history because this is where leagues and other association …show more content…

Then and now people want to have fun when playing a sport that they want to. The role of fun has remained the same because no one wants to play and endure boredom. Players played for status and still do today; they want to be the top players of the game. Back then they wanted reputation of play and players now-a-days want the same prestige. Sports have been used as a sign of military training in the past. Today, military training still remains. So, the soldiers stay fit and active. Playing baseball allows confidence in oneself and leadership. In my opinion sport has some change in society now because we consider safety within play more often. We consider that if we are injured then you need time to heal properly. And also, that is you get a concussion then there is no such thing as a minor concussion. If we let kids play we watch them over. We want them to play a certain kind of sport only because we might enjoy that certain sport. Sport in society has become an aspect of life because we believe that physical activity is need daily. This is because our society has become technology dependent and is lazy. Today sport is watched on TV and played on video games almost every day. Rather than actually physically playing the sport. Technology has a big part sport these days to spread the hype. People tend not to go to the field and play or watch because

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