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- 1839, Abner Doubleday is credited for inventing baseball in Yorktown,New York.
- 1845,Alexander Joy creates the rules of baseball.
- 1846, First official game of baseball is played between the Knickerbockers and a group of cricket players
- 1871,The National Association became the first profsddional baseball league
- 1871,National Association fielded nine teams
- 1875,13 teams fielded
- 1882,the American Association is born.
- 1884, infuriated players try to make their own league the Union League
- 1900, National league shrunk to eight teams
- 1912, New York Yankees are born
- 1919,eight members of the white sox are accused of accepting bribes from gamblers to throw the World Series
- 1920, Babe Ruth becomes famous
- 1930,first all star game is played at Comiskey Park, Chicago
- 1960s,Night baseball becomes famous.
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