What country did baseball evolve from?

n what year did the American League start using the designated hitter?

Our modern-day game of baseball can be derived from the game ______, which was first played by college students at ______:Group of answer choicesRounders; HarvardRounders; YaleShinny; YaleShinny; Harvard

Baseball became America’s national sport over 150 years ago, but for over 100 years baseball had beena segregated sport. The refusal to allow black players to play in Major League Baseball continued fromthe mid 1800’s until 1947. Allowing the first black player to playwas known as “breaking the color barrier” and it took a very specialindividual to make it happen. His jersey number was 42. His namewas Jackie Robinson.Segregation was part of the Jim Crow Laws in the Southern States,but even in the North the owners of baseball teams refused to letblack and white players play on the same team. Baseball waspopular with everyone and so Negro Leagues were created andwere successful in catering for their own segregated community.After WW2 one baseball executive, Branch Ricky, the whitepresident of the Brooklyn Dodgers decided that segregation had toend. He knew that there were black players of extremely highquality and that allowing his team to be mixed would help his teamwin. Branch Ricky faced opposition from all around Major LeagueBaseball but pushed on. He had decided on a young talented playernamed Jackie Robinson to be the first to break into this all-white league in 1947.The opposition faced by Branch Ricky wasminimal compared to the abuse faced byRobinson, both on and off the field.Robinson received hundreds of deaththreats, both via mail and in person. Some ofhis Dodgers team mates signed a petition totry to get him kicked off the team. Playersand managers from other clubs hurled abuseat him while he was trying to bat. He wasrefused entry into hotels and restaurantsthat his team was booked into when he travelled.Robinson not only had to put up with the abuse on a personal level, he also had to perform at thehighest level of baseball to prove he was worthy of all the controversy. Robinson succeeded beyond allexpectations. He was named Rookie of the year and was in the running for MVP (Most Valuable Player)in all of baseball in his first year.After Robinson’s controversial beginning, baseballbegan to completely desegregate. His contribution toBaseball and to race relations in America is stillremembered. No longer in baseball is anyoneallowed to wear Jackie’s number 42, it has beenretired, except for one day every year when ALLplayers wear it, April 15, Jackie Robinson Day, theanniversary of his first appearance.20 Jackie RobinsonChanging Rights and Freedoms MacaulayUnderstanding1. Define the words in bold.2. When did baseball become a nationalsport in America?3. For how long was baseball segregated?4. What was letting the first black playerplay known as?5. Who refused to let black players play?6. Which baseball president wanted todesegregate his team?7. Why did he do it?8. What opposition did Jackie Robinsonface?9. How successful was Robinson in his firstyear?10. What is Jackie Robinson’s legacy?

Why is there so much talk about baseball, specifically Joe DiMaggio? aBaseball was the fishermen's only means of escape from the harshness of their existence. bSantiago and the other men in the village had pooled their small savings and bet on DiMaggio's team to win. They listened to the games, hoping to become rich. cSantiago identifies with DiMaggio, and sees that success is sometimes possible, no matter what the odds, if you want it enough. dDiMaggio's ancestors were from the village where Santiago lived. Santiago had known DiMaggio's grandfather when they were boys. The people of the village felt a personal kinship with him.

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