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"Baseball Origins" A Brief History of Baseball

The game of baseball was invented in the Summer of 1839 by a man named Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday

Major League Baseball was founded in 1869 in Cincinnati, Ohio

The first game ever played was between the Cleveland Forest Cities and the Ft. Wayne Kekiongas on May 4th, 1871

The first World Series (MLB Championship) was held on October 1st, 1903 between the Pittsburg Pirates and the Boston Americans