Top » Sports: Baseball

BASEBALL IN THE 19TH CENTURY

To most of us, the golden years of baseball were the times when Babe Ruth hit the only over-the-fence home runs out of Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, when the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series of 1919, and when Jackie Robinson joined the major leagues in 1947. But how many people know that before 1900, the word "Sox" had not yet appeared in professional baseball? This is a great comprehensive history of baseball up to 1900, including leagues, teams with player rosters, 19th century home run records, and the pre-professional era. Learn about teams that fizzled before the turn of the century. And see the original rules of the game, which changed 37 times from 1845 to 1900.

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:32:47 -0700

Submitted by: Jacque Day