Do you know what's so important about 1839? It was the year that America’s pastime was created. That's right we're talking about baseball! “Little is known about the origin of baseball, the subject of considerable debate and controversy for more than 100 years” (“B-R Bullpen” 1). With all of this debate surrounding baseball’s creation, the sport has changed over the time.
Baseball’s history is a bit scattered. We don’t technically who the original creator was but one rumor that was floating around that a man Abner Doubleday was the original creator of baseball. However this is false, in fact there isn’t any evidence to support this, the only reason this rumor started was because someone testified that he was indeed the creator. The man credited as the creator of baseball is Alexander Cartwright (“B-R Bullpen” 1).
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In a average game more than 60 balls are used. However, in the dead ball era only 2-3 ball where used a game. Of course, when they did this the balls would get dirt on them. But the pitchers soon learned that you can “dirty up” a ball which would make it move and do unpredictable things. This lead to being illegal after a tragic accident. This certain tragic accident was the only time someone died getting hit by a baseball. (“B-R Bullpen” 1).
After the “dead ball era” nothing much changed except, the AL (American League) adopted the DH, which means the pitcher would have someone to hit for him, which made the pitcher's job easier for him. The first year this was done there were 2000+ more hits in the AL (“B-R Bullpen” 1) (Feuer 1).
Baseball has changed in many ways and most for the better. Since 1839 we have changed so much about baseball to shape our modern society today. Things like the “dead ball era” and the inclusion of the AL and the DH. Its surprising to see all the things that have changed baseball which in turn changed our way of
Baseball’s history is a bit scattered. We don’t technically who the original creator was but one rumor that was floating around that a man Abner Doubleday was the original creator of baseball. However this is false, in fact there isn’t any evidence to support this, the only reason this rumor started was because someone testified that he was indeed the creator. The man credited as the creator of baseball is Alexander Cartwright (“B-R Bullpen” 1).
The significant importance of of 1839 is …show more content…
In a average game more than 60 balls are used. However, in the dead ball era only 2-3 ball where used a game. Of course, when they did this the balls would get dirt on them. But the pitchers soon learned that you can “dirty up” a ball which would make it move and do unpredictable things. This lead to being illegal after a tragic accident. This certain tragic accident was the only time someone died getting hit by a baseball. (“B-R Bullpen” 1).
After the “dead ball era” nothing much changed except, the AL (American League) adopted the DH, which means the pitcher would have someone to hit for him, which made the pitcher's job easier for him. The first year this was done there were 2000+ more hits in the AL (“B-R Bullpen” 1) (Feuer 1).
Baseball has changed in many ways and most for the better. Since 1839 we have changed so much about baseball to shape our modern society today. Things like the “dead ball era” and the inclusion of the AL and the DH. Its surprising to see all the things that have changed baseball which in turn changed our way of