You Knock It Out of the Park

A hundred and five years ago, the first ever baseball rule was that all players must be punctual. This is the oldest set of rules we have. They're clled the knickerbocker rules. The teams were en in new york but there wasn't much room to play. So they always played in new jersey. And also, hitting the ball out of the stadium was a foul. In those days, if you did that, you would be out. That's because the stadium was right next to the hudson river.They couldn't afford to lose allso did the phrase, you knocked it out of the park have a negative connotation? You knocked it out