baseball history
The national pastime's past
The recorded past of baseball as a sport, encompassing its origins, evolution, legendary players, and memorable moments.
Baseball history carries particular weight in American culture, where the game is called the national pastime: He's a student of baseball history, That home run made baseball history.
- Babe RuthLegendary Yankees slugger
- roundersEnglish batting game
- color barrierRacial exclusion from participation
- Boston Red SoxMassachusetts professional baseball franchise
- labor strikesWorkers collectively stopping work
Jackie Robinson · Chicago Cubs · barnstorming · Hank Aaron · designated hitter · stolen base · Lou Gehrig · dead ball era · integration · Hall of Fame · radio broadcasts · perfect game · Satchel Paige · New York Yankees · Ty Cobb · Cooperstown · seventh-inning stretch · fan traditions
- sports historyOlympic records, Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympic training, gold medals
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- leisure historyholiday traditions, beach culture, botanical gardens, vaudeville, amusement parks
baseball historypolitical history
Study of past governance
military history · art history · music history · economic history · religious history