History of Baseball

HISTORY

The origin of baseball has not been revealed, and the British Ball "town ball" after changes were introduced in the United States by British immigrants, many scientists believe formed as a　baseball.Improvements have been made throughout the late 19th century to the rule, became the current form.
In the United States, baseball has spread throughout the Civil War and about the same time, in the early 1860s received a reward for the baseball, and began to be introduced so-called professional players.  
Formal restriction on professional players was established in 1868, Cincinnati Red Stockings, formed in 1869 following year, became a professional team was the first composed only of professional players, that name and toured the cities local himself his. With the success of the Red Stockings, the other in each city founded in the professional team to follow the later, in 1871 the first professional baseball league, National Association was founded. League management is bankrupt in five years, the National League was inaugurated in 1876 in the form of redeeming the next. Is the first major league this league.