| The history behind baseball can be traced back to | | | | to get a new and exciting new re-vamp, |
| one man, one man who almost single-handed | | | | converting this playground game into a more |
| changed the fate of baseball... | | | | interesting adult sport. |
| On June 3rd 1953, Congress officially recognized | | | | He called this sport Base Ball, and the rules of the |
| Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. as the man who | | | | modern game of baseball are based on the rules |
| invented modern baseball. | | | | Alexander Cartwright drew up all those years ago. |
| Born in New York City on April 17 1820, | | | | Alexander Cartwright moved to California in 1849 |
| Alexander Cartwright's first job after leaving | | | | and on his journey across the country, he |
| school at the age of 16 was as a clerk at a bank. | | | | introduced baseball to every town he stayed |
| Later on, he became a bookseller and a volunteer | | | | along the way. |
| fireman. | | | | He died in Honolulu, Hawaii on 12th July 1892, aged |
| Alexander Cartwright founded the Knickerbocker | | | | 72, cause of death...blood poisoning. |
| Base Ball Club in 1842. The Knickerbocker's played | | | | His remains lay buried at Oahu Cemetery, in |
| a game called the town game. | | | | Honolulu, Hawaii. And to this very day, people lay |
| In 1845 he and a few others from his club | | | | baseballs and baseball gloves at his grave site in |
| started to draw up rules for a newer and better | | | | respect for the great man who almost |
| version of the game, to be known as base ball. | | | | single-handed changed the fate of baseball. |
| The old bat and ball game of town ball was about | | | | May he rest in peace. |