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A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers to less organized venues for activities like sandlot ball.
Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers and the newest ballpark in Major League Baseball. A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield and the outfield. The infield is an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined in part based on the ...
Jun 19, 2004 · The Birth of Baseball and Elysian Fields On this date in 1846, the first baseball game with set rules was played in Hoboken, N.J., at Elysian Field, a park that shared names with the paradise of ...
Feb 18, 2024 · The story of early baseball stadiums is a reflection of the evolution of the sport itself. From humble beginnings on open fields to the rise of majestic ballparks, these structures have played a critical role in the development of baseball. As the game continues to evolve, the lessons and legacies of these early stadiums continue to influence ...
- Folk Games in Early Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe
- Early Mentions of Baseball
- Early Baseball in North America
- Abner Doubleday Myth
- Knickerbocker Rules
- Elysian Fields
- After 1845
- References
- Further Reading
A number of folk games in early Britain and continental Europe had characteristics that can be seen in modern baseball (as well as in cricket and rounders). Many of these early games involved a ball that was thrown at a target while an opposing player defended the target by attempting to hit the ball away. If the batter successfully hit the ball, h...
According to many sources, the earliest appearance of the word "baseball" dates from 1700, when Anglican bishop Thomas Wilson expressed his disapproval of "Morris-dancing, cudgel-playing, baseball and cricket" occurring on Sundays. However, David Block, in Baseball Before We Knew It (2005), reports that the original source has "stoolball" for "base...
Charting the evolution of the game that became modern baseball is difficult before 1845. The Knickerbocker Rulesdescribe a game that had been played for some time, but for how long is uncertain. There were once two camps. One, mostly English, asserted that baseball evolved from a game of English origin (probably rounders); the other, almost entirel...
The myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 was once widely promoted and widely believed. There is no evidence for this claim except for the testimony of one unreliable man decades later, and there is persuasive counter-evidence. Doubleday himself never made such a claim; he left many letters and papers, but they contain no description ...
The earliest known published[a] rules of baseball in the United States were written in 1845 for a New York City "base ball" club called the Knickerbockers. The purported organizer of the club, Alexander Cartwright, is one person commonly known as "the father of baseball". The rules themselves were written by the two-man Committee on By-Laws, Vice-p...
In 1845, the Knickerbocker Club began using Elysian Fields in Hoboken to play baseball, following the New York and Magnolia Ball Clubs which had begun playing there in 1843. On October 21, 1845, the New York Ball Club played the second of their three games against a Brooklyn team there, the series being the first known inter-club baseball games. In...
The Knickerbockers published their rulebook in 1848, including one significant change: the introduction of the force-out, but only at first base. In 1852, the Eagle Club published their rules, and two years later the Knickerbockers, Eagles and Gothams met and agreed to a uniform set of rules to govern all three clubs, at least in match play, which ...
Bibliography
1. Block, David (2001). "Baseball's Earliest Rules?". forums.sabr.org. Retrieved August 5, 2006.[permanent dead link] 2. Henderson, Robert W. (2001). Ball, Bat, and Bishop: The Origin of Ball Games (paperback ed.). Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0252069925. 3. Hoerchner, Martin (July 1999). "Stoolball is Alive and Well in Sussex". SABR UK Examiner. No. 11. Retrieved March 1, 2018. 4. Morris, Peter (2008). But Didn't We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era,...
Bouchier, Nancy B.; Knight Barney, Robert (Spring 1988). "A critical examination of a source on early Ontario baseball: The reminiscence of Adam E. Ford" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. The North...Hill, Samuel R. (Fall 2000). "Baseball in Canada". Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. Indiana University Press. 8 (1): 37–72. ISSN 1080-0727. JSTOR 20644756.Oct 31, 2024 · In 1859 Washington, D.C., organized a club, and in the next year clubs were formed in Lowell, Massachusetts; Allegheny, Pennsylvania; and Hartford, Connecticut. The game continued to spread after the Civil War—to Maine, Kentucky, and Oregon. Baseball was on its way to becoming the national pastime.
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The basic rules of baseball are simple: 1. A team of nine players tries to score runs by hitting the ball. 2. They run around the bases, while the opposing team tries to prevent them from scoring. 3. This is done by catching the ball and getting the runner out.
