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most widely-respected names in the history
HISTORY OF BASEBALL ANF SOFTBALL of baseball. Playing mainly second base for
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1845-first known baseball team was started
Henry Chadwick-took baseball to the next
19th century- start to grow in popularity
level by defining a player's manual, the box
Babe Ruth- saved baseball in 1920 when he score, and baseball statistics. He also
came in and started hitting more home invented the denotation of strikeouts with
runs, the letter "K."
- "The Great Bambino" as many 1858- for the first time, baseball became a
referred to him as, revolutionized baseball spectator sport, charging viewers 50 cents
and popularized the home run. to watch the New York All Stars.
- hitting 714 home runs. 1866- at universities like Vassar College,
women began forming recreational baseball
Jackie Robinson- became the first African
teams. For the first time, women were
American person to play in the MLB in 1947.
participating in physical education by
Baseball was created in the United States of playing baseball.
America during the 19th century.
1869, Harry Wright - played for and
VERSIONS: managed the first professional baseball
team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
New York
Philadelphia; and National League was formed in 1876 by a
Massachusetts group of club members to repair the game's
reputation. It put the power into the
Abner Doubleday- invented baseball in owners hands, instead of the players, by
Cooperstown, New York. reserving them for specific teams.
Major League Baseball- was formed in 1876 American League was formed in 1882,
Abner Doubleday was considered by many offering its fans games on Sundays, cheaper
to be the father of baseball. The original tickets, and liquor, all things that the
thought was that he invented the sport in National League didn't offer.
1839 in Cooperstown, NY. Softball began in 1887 when George
Alexander Joy Cartwright-is considered to Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board
be one of the founding fathers of baseball. of Trade, invented "indoor baseball".
While much of baseball's origins are highly 1888- the game had spread outdoors. It was
disputed, some of Cartwright's originally called either mushball, kittenball
contributions to the game still hold or indoor baseball.
relevance today.
1920s -it had acquired the name of softball.
1882, Albert Goodwill Spalding opened one
of the first sporting goods shops, selling 1965 that the International Softball
baseball equipment. Federation (ISF) was formed.
Roger Connor- who based a total of 138 Author Karen Christensen- softball spread
total home runs. to the United Kingdom because of an
American movie
“A Touch of Class", was filmed in London
and featured a softball game, which began
to be played in England as a result.
SOFTBALL CONSISTS OF SEVERAL
DISCIPLINES:
Fast Pitch- allows two main
underhand pitching deliveries.
Slow Pitch- requires the pitcher to
lob the ball underhanded with an arc
that reaches a minimum height of
1.83 metres and a maximum height
of 3.66 metres.; and
Modified Fast Pitch- allows
underhand deliveries but the arm
must not make a complete
revolution around the shoulder
socket.
1933 a softball game was showcased at the
Chicago World's fair, helping the game's
popularity begin to take off.
Amateur Softball Association- by its
promotion, hundreds of leagues popped up
around the country, mostly due to the
sport's promotion
