The Origins of Baseball
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The History of Baseball
In 1858, an all-star team of Manhattan and New Jersey players played an all-stars team from Brooklyn. It was the first baseball game ever where people paid money to attend. Just before the outbreak of the Civil War, some teams actually began playing in enclosed fields and regularly charged admission. The Nick and Baca rules which became the popular version of the game were set up after the war. In 1869, the National Association finally agreed to allow openly professional teams. This is the same National League that exists today - it's the oldest professional sports league in the world.
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