History of baseball

Baseball is a collective and highly confrontational ball games. It carried out in the international community more widely, it has great impact, hailed as "a combination of competitive and wisdom." especially popular in Japan and United States,known as the "State of the ball."

In 1845, the Americans Alexander(Alexander Joy Cartwright) developed the first baseball competition rule.  The provisions of graphics and size of the venue is still in use, and formal adoption of the baseball (Baseball) as the name.Therefore,baseall based on the UK but developed in the United States.

In 1860, the United States professional baseball players began to emerge.
In 1871, The United States established the "National Organization of Professional Baseball Players"; in 1876, the organization changed its name to "National Federation of Baseball."
in 1881, set up another national organization of professional baseball, it is the "the National Association of Professional Baseball."
In 1873, baseball brought to Japan by the United States. Japan’s professional baseball team was founded in 1934.
After World War II, baseball quickly carried out in European countries. Baseball now has the world’s five continents in more than 100 countries and territories to carry out.

At present, baseball is the most popular in United States and Japan. Besides Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries and Latin America are also very popular.

In 1992, Baseball was included in the Olympic Games.