1. By James Alvarez Presented to Mrs. Wascher and Class

2. Who Baseball was created by Alexander Cartwight (1820-1892) Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892) of New York invented the baseball field in 1845

3. Materials Needed A helmet, bat, ball, glove, uniform (pants, shirt and hat)

4. Fields Then and Now The fields back then were usually open fields till the baseball field was invented. Now we have many types of field including dirt and turf.

5. League’s Back then there was only one league that lasted depending on the weather or just half the year. The league’s now are: Little League Pony League Babe Ruth League American Legion Ect.

7. Interesting Facts It is the only sport where its you against nine people when your batting. Only sort that you have to hit a spherical object with another spherical object.

8. References http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ http://www.19cbaseball.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_bas eballhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_bas eball http://www.nationalpastime.com/