| It is absolutely amazing how and what
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| | .Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. is the true
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| happened to propel baseball into a world
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| | Founding Father of America's Organized
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| class following. The facts the fiction
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| | Baseball. (Alick) Cartwright along with
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| the truth the half truths and the overall
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| | his teammates the New York Knickerbocker
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| general speculation has caused and will
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| | Base Ball Club in 1845, played and
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| always cause a torrent of arguments and
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| | devised the first rules and regulations
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| controversy.We are obliged to accept some
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| | for America's baseball.From this 1871
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| and most of the storied history of the
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| | game of an association of players calling
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| game as pure fact. Does it matter just a
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| | themselves the National Association it
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| whole heck of lot if one of us adds our
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| | has tassled out to be 30 well organized
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| twist to an occurrence? If we just
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| | Big League teams of the National and
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| accept and go on then everything is
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| | American Leagues of Professional
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| alright and all is well in Podunk,
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| | Baseball.This loose knit hodge podge of
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| Muddville or Peoria. Slippery Rock is not
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| | teams formed somewhat informally and
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| even in this mix.The only time Slippery
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| | playing in a make shift association of
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| Rock is of any big concern is on a
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| | players was doomed for failure. Failure
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| saturday afternoon in most football
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| | came by attrition of some teams folding
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| stadiums around the nation when the
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| | others joining and all struggling without
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| public address announcer gives half-time
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| | an at the top management control or
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| scores for football games around the
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| | ownership.Struggle as struggle will up
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| country. Fail to mention how Slippery
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| | jumps a good ole boy with the money, the
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| Rock is faring and the crowd gets
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| | means and where with all, to see the
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| restless with concern.Let's get back to
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| | possibility of this action being a
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| my baseball. Generally it is confirmed
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| | profitable venture. In 1876 William
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| that professional baseball had it's
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| | Hurlbert , owner of Chicagos National
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| genesis of teams being somewhat organized
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| | Association club, started a league where
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| beginning in 1871.It is reported that
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| | the power and the profits were controlled
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| Bobby Mathews of The Kekiongas from Fort
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| | by team owners, instead of the
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| Wayne won the first National Association
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| | players.Now here is some of the fact or
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| game ever played shutting out Forest City
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| | fiction to believe it or not to believe
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| of Cleveland, 2-0, on May 4, 1871. This
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| | it. From the 1871 association of teams
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| was some 42 years prior to my mothers
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| | only two teams have survived until this
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| birth date of May 4,1913.Mom did not tell
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| | present day in the National League. Can
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| me about the game I found out about it
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| | you name the two teams?Here we go they
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| from some book about baseball. So as
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| | are Boston (Atlanta Braves)and Chicago
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| information is not necessarily passed on
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| | (Chicago Cubs). From these two only one
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| person to person, or generation to
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| | city can proudly proclaim we were there
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| generation, one on one, we garner bits
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| | when it started and we are still ticking.
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| and pieces of data from here and
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| | Our caps are tipped to Chicago and all
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| there.Someone claimed Abner Doubleday
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| | those Cubs fans of the "Windy
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| played ball with some kids on the town
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| | City."Batter Up---Let's Play Ball...Major
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| square back in 1839,in Cooperstown, New
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| | Wiley B. Channell USMC (retired) playing
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| York. Maybe so but facts and written
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| | baseball and trying to get a scratch
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| records reflect the truth of the matter
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| | hit.Baseball try it you will love it.
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