Professional baseball was born with the formation of the barnstorming Cincinnati Red Stockings on this day in history, March 15, 1869. "The onset of professionalism was no small step for baseball: ...

The original Red Stockings of 1868. The following year the team became professional. Chances are, if you are a Cincinnatian, you have stood on the very ground where the 1869 Red Stockings – the first ...

They weren't even called baseball players. The first professional baseball team was made up of something else, actually. Something called ballists. The term is defined as something more than nine ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of professional baseball. It was in 1869 when the first openly professional baseball club was founded, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Cincinnati went 57-0 that ...

African American leaders in Portland issued an invitation to rally support for the "Grand Emancipation Celebration," on Jan. 1, 1869, to recognize the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's ...

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