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Baseball
evolved
from
a
number
of
different
ball-
and-stick
games
(paddle
ball,
trap
ball,
one-old-
cat,
rounders,
and
town
ball)
originating
in
England.
As
ear
ly
as
the
American
Revolution,
it
was
noted
that
troops
pla
yed
鈥渂ase
ball鈥?/p>
in
their
free
time.
In
1845
Alexander
Car
twright
formalized
the
New
York
Knickerbockers鈥?/p>
version
of
t
he
game:
a
diamond
shaped
infield,
with
bases
ninety
feet
a
part,
three
strikes-
you鈥檙e
-
out,
batter
out
on
a
caught
ball,
three
outs
per
inning,
a
nine
man
team.
The
鈥淣ew
York
Game鈥?/p>
spread
rapidly,
repla
cing
earlier
localized
forms.
From
its
beginnings,
baseball
w
as
seen
as
a
way
of
satisfying
the
recreational
needs
of
a
n
increasingly
urban-
industrial
society.
At
its
inception
it
was
played
by
and
f
or
wealthy
gentlemen.
A
club
might
consist
of
40
members.
T
he
president
would
appoint
two
captains
who
would
choose
tea
ms
from
among
the
members.
Games
were
played
on
Monday
an
d
Thursday
afternoons,
with
the
losers
often
providing
a
lav
ish
evening鈥檚
entertainment
for
the
winners.
During
the
1850-
70
period
the
game
was
changing,
however,
with
increasing
co
mmercialism
(charging
admission), under-the-
table
payments
to
exceptional
players,
and
gambling
on
the
o
utcome
of
games.
By
1868
it
was
said
that
a
club
would
ha
ve
their
regular
professional
ten,
an
amateur
first-
nine,
and
their
鈥渕uffins鈥?/p>
(the
gentlemanly
duffers
who
once
ran
the
game).
Beginning
with
the
first
openly
all-
salaried
team
(Cincinnati鈥檚
Red
Stocking
Club)
in
1869,
the
1870-
1890
period
saw
the
complete
professionalization
of
baseball,
including
formation
of
the
National
Association
of
Professio
nal
Baseball
Players
in
1871.
The
National
League
of
Profess
ional
Base
Ball
Clubs
was
formed
in
1876,
run
by
business-
minded
investors
in
joint-
stock
company
clubs.
The
1880s
has
been
called
Major
League
Baseball鈥檚
鈥淕olden
Age鈥?
Profits
soared,
player鈥檚
salarie
s
rose
somewhat,
a
season
of
84
games
became
one
of
132,
a
weekly
periodical
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Sporting
News鈥?/p>
came
into
being,
w
ooden
stadiums
with
double-
deck
stands
replaced
open
fields,
and
the
standard
refreshmen
t
became
hot
dogs,
soda
pop
and
peanuts.
In
1900
the
Weste