There Is more to just MLB There is a real passion to wanting to play the game. I have had the passion to want to play the game for five years. Ever since I was twelve. And since I love the game and this topic really stood out to me. I am going to talk about baseball. From who Invented baseball. To When did MLB come about. And how many teams there are in baseball. And lastly a person in MLB like Bryce Harper. Abner Doubleday, born June 26, 1819. And died January 26, 1893. He was a United States Army officer and Union general for most of the American civil war. But also had a very important role in the battle of Gettysburg. But let's talk about the main reason that we are really here. And it is that Abner Doubleday was one of the first people that had invented baseball. He invented the game we know and love today back in Cooperstown, New york. During the summer of 1839. He made the idea of the bases you had to run and in the early years of baseball he made it to where you could throw the ball at the runner to get him out. It was pretty extreme before the rules that they have today. But enough about him. …show more content…
And how many teams there are in the league now. It is a professional sport that is dated to have been invented in 1869. There are a total of 30 teams that now play in the league. Baseballs first professional team was first discovered in Cincinnati 1869. The first few decades of baseball were mainly players from different teams jumping around from team to team and not being very organized. The period before 1920 was known as the dead-ball era. It was know as this because the players rarely hit home runs. But after World War2 the game really became popular and everyone wanted to play. Players like Jackie Robinson, and Babe Ruth. Were very good players and attracted a lot of people which meant more money. But enough about when it was made. Let's talk about The