A Baseball Story: Chapter 2: The First World Series

Episode 2: The First World Series 

Before we get started, I want to explain my thinking, and rationale with trying to do a podcast of this nature. Trying to create a single narrative on the history of baseball, is incredibly difficult to do. Make no mistake, I am not Baseball Historian by title, no one would ever get me confused with Joe Thorn, or a Bob Costas. I am a history teacher by trade, and the history of baseball has always been a subject that I have been incredibly interested in and it is something that I like to think I am well read in. I am not an expert, by any means, but I like to fancy the notion that I may know a little more than the average fan. And I am disclaiming that because the story I am telling may not fall in conventional approaches to doing something like this. 

A Baseball Story: Chapter 1: The Beginning of Baseball

Episode 1: The Beginning of Baseball

  Since as early as the the 18th century, America, and even prior to that, the British colonies in North America, has had some form of the game of baseball. Townball, a popular New England game, which looked more like a game of Cricket than our game today, was one of the most popular team sports the country had to offer. While horse racing and boxing had more of a national notoriety, both sports focusing on the individual, either man or horse, Townball was a chance for people to come together on Sunday afternoons, after church and take part in a community affair. Townball and other game’s like ‘Rounders’ consisted of bat, ball and base type games. But then how did the game of baseball get created?