MLB Rules You Should Be Aware Of..
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- Published on Monday, 31 October 2011 10:34
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It is believed that today’s baseball and the rules regulated by Major League Baseball (MLB) originated from the 1842 New York Knickerbocker baseball club. The rules that these organized leagues follow were first evolved then. History has it that in 1845 baseball games were organized as due paying games and it is through this that the rent for the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey was paid and this happened on a regular basis. The teams then were amateur but generally featured a couple star players who apparently were paid covertly. This was done in order to attract more crowds and thus ensure more ticket sales.
In 1858, realizing the potential profit that could be made from baseball matches; the National Association of BaseBall Players came into being. Their first all star game was organized the same year and the admission fee was placed at 50 cents, the match was played between New York and Brooklyn clubs. Gradually the association became a formal body setting rules, creating administrative structure and organizing popular matches. The association started with 22 teams and monetary benefits to any players was banned, however players wantonly ignored the rules and were paid secretly. With the formation of MLB, the salaries of baseball players came to be regulated and monitored.
