MLB Back In Action, Always Epic Ah !?
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- Category: World Series
- Published on Monday, 10 January 2011 10:32
- Written by Super User
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With MLB back in action, baseball fans all gear up with bats, balls and bullets. But the history of MLB has a different story to tell. In 1861 before Major League Baseball began, ball players in every nook and corner of America looked forward to the playing season. But then baseball was not what it is today. Baseball players were not professionals and were definitely not highly paid. The teams could not afford to travel large distances like Florida especially in the months of March and April for spring training. They were actually amateur players from small private organizations which were founded and funded by the working class and upper middle class people.
During that period, the game was not played on fixed schedules or through formal leagues; however regional clubs and associations did exist. These clubs and associations enforced rules of the game. Whenever the best teams played, large crowds were attracted and so were gamblers, news reporters and magazines article writers. As the years passed by, the game has changed a lot except for the excitement, anticipation and spirit of the game which is still undiluted. With the introduction of MLB, things have changed dramatically and now baseball fans need not wait for only the MLB season, but games are played almost the year round in one form or the other.
