Why Is Baseball Important

Baseball is a passionate sport. It brings people together and keeps them happy. Without baseball, history in the United States could have been a little rougher for some people. When the United States was in the great depression, the people that had little money got to watch a extraordinary sport which was baseball. Its always been a sport that’s never been to expensive to watch. It’s not just a sport or a game. It’s a symbol of being able to bring America together.
The first time baseball was even heard of was in 1791. But back then baseball was a little different than what it is now. Their was different areas to play in. Also you couldn’t play with in 80 yards of the town meeting house. Baseball was a big sport in New York. Mainly made up
In that time period was when contracts started happening for the sport. They didn’t want their players to go to different clubs for higher pay. So they created contracts. But with them making them sign contracts they could no longer miss out on any games. They could not forfeit anymore games. They also created the gentlemen's agreement which endeavored to bar non-white players in the national league. Which meant no one except whites could play in the leagues.
Things were looking great for the sport of baseball. Until the players started to rebel against the national league. The main reason for the rebelling against the national league was the players didn’t like the fact they couldn’t switch clubs. Which then would split the leagues into the National league and the American association. In the first few years they of the separation they would play post season games in which would lead to the first attempt of the world
After world war two, baseball became a fast growing sport. It was changing in all sorts of ways and growing due to the new rules and regulations. The sport changed drastically when the color barrier in 1946 was broken. In that year a man by the name of Jackie Robinson joined the Major leagues. He was a African American. The African Americans did have their own leagues, but they didn’t get paid or anything from those leagues. When the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie a lot of people were mad. They were mad because a African American joined the famous league, made up of only white people. After he was signed it took a few years for other teams to follow, but the other teams did sign African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and all other types of people. The major league was changed and it wasn’t just made up of all Caucasian men anymore.
The beginning of baseball was a historic time. Even during the great depression and the wars and everything else America was going through. Baseball kept going and kept putting smiles on peoples faces. Baseball didn’t change much after the 40's. The sport stayed pretty quiet. The main things that did change was people could watch games on T.V, their were better dieting and workout environments for the players, and records being