It has long been believed that cricket also descended from such games, though evidence uncovered in early 2009 suggests that cricket may have been imported to England from Flanders. Block argues that rounders and early baseball were actually regional variants of each other, and that the game's most direct antecedents are the English games of stoolball and "tut-ball". Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game (2005), by David Block, suggests that the game originated in England recently uncovered historical evidence supports this position. Consensus once held that today's baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Other old French games such as thèque, la balle au bâton, and la balle empoisonnée also appear to be related. A French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball. The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision. 1280, involving tossing a ball, hitting it with a stick and competing with others to catch it Other competitions between national teams include the Baseball World Cup and the World Baseball Classic, which was first held in 2006.Ī game from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, c. It was played in the Olympics as a medal sport from 1992 to 2008. Professional baseball leagues featured teams from Canada as early as 1877, and the sport spread to numerous countries in the 1800s and 1900s. The major leagues began the process of expansion in 1961 and attendance increased from the mid-1970s to 1994, when a work stoppage led to the cancellation of the World Series. The major leagues had a color barrier that lasted until 1947, when Jackie Robinson made his debut. Baseball early in the 20th century was characterized by low-scoring games, but the dead-ball era ended in the early 1920s with rule changes and the rise of power hitter Babe Ruth. The first World Series between the champions of the two major leagues was held in 1903, and by 1905 it became an annual event. Five years later, the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (National League) was created it was followed by the American League in 1901. In 1871 the first professional league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, was founded. These clubs formed a national governing body with uniform rules in 1858, the National Association of Base Ball Players. During the 1830s and 1840s organized amateur club baseball grew up in eastern United States cities, and the rules innovations made by New York City clubs became the basis for the modern game, far removed from its English ancestor. In the early 1800s "baseball" and a game first mentioned in 1828 as "rounders" may have been the same or very similar. References to baseball date back to the 1700s where in England it was referenced in 1744 in the children's book A Little Pretty Pocket-Book. Baseball is popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed.
The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. The history of baseball can be broken down into various aspects: by era, by locale, by organizational-type, game evolution, as well as by political and cultural influence. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
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