Cartwright's baseball

   Alexander Cartwright is well known among baseball historians. But how did his version of the game work?

 

Baseball's leagues

   Baseball's league structure hasn't always been quite as simple as it is today.

 

Rough play

   Baseball in the 1800s wasn't exactly the hands-off game we know today.

 

Baseball: Progression to the turn of the century

   It took a long time for baseball to turn from Cartwright's sport into the game that is popular today. And a lot of those changes took place during the 1800s.

 

The A.L. and the first World Series

   How did the birth of the new league change baseball?

 

Moving forward: The early 1900s

   The period between 1900 and 1910 linked baseball's early days to its prominence as the national sport.

 

Cementing baseball as the national pastime: the 1910-1920

   This was an important period in baseball history. New ballparks, new styles, and lots of new fans.

 

The Roaring '20s and beyond

   By the '20s baseball was solidified as the country's national pastime. But its future would be shaped significantly by the beginning of several new elements...for starters, Babe Ruth.