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|Year=1876 | |Year=1876 | ||
|Year Number=1 | |Year Number=1 | ||
|Headline= | |Headline=MLB Is Established | ||
|Salience= | |Salience=1 | ||
|Tags= | |Tags=Baseball Professionalism, | ||
|Country=United States | |Country=United States | ||
|Coordinates=37. | |Coordinates=37.09024, -95.712891 | ||
|Game=Baseball | |||
|Game= | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p> | |Notables=William Hulbert | ||
|Text=<p>On February 2, 1876 Major League Baseball took shape.</p> | |||
|Submitted by= | <p> </p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>John Thorn, History Awakens: February 2, 1876 and the Founding of the National League: An Amazing New Discovery.</p> | |||
<p>https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/history-awakens-february-2-1876-and-the-founding-of-the-national-league-ab2ef2dae954</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>John Thorn's comment: "[T]<span>he story of how a player-based professional organization (the National Association of Professional Base Ball </span><em class="mn">Players,</em><span class="lh jc"> </span><span>1871–1875)</span><span class="lh jc"> </span><span>gave way to one that was club-based (the National League of Professional Base Ball </span><em class="mn">Clubs, </em><span>1876 to date) did not take place all on one day; it had commenced earlier, with considerable stealth. </span></p> | |||
<p><span>A flummoxed Henry Chadwick termed this revolutionary idea — which is the very genesis of </span><em class="mn">all</em><span> of today’s professional sports leagues — a “coup d’état,” and he was right."</span></p> | |||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |||
|Submission Note=Our Game writeup, 4/24/2017 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Tags | Baseball ProfessionalismBaseball Professionalism |
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| City/State/Country: | United States |
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| Game | BaseballBaseball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Notables | William Hulbert |
| Text | On February 2, 1876 Major League Baseball took shape.
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| Sources | John Thorn, History Awakens: February 2, 1876 and the Founding of the National League: An Amazing New Discovery. |
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| Comment | John Thorn's comment: "[T]he story of how a player-based professional organization (the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, 1871–1875) gave way to one that was club-based (the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, 1876 to date) did not take place all on one day; it had commenced earlier, with considerable stealth. A flummoxed Henry Chadwick termed this revolutionary idea — which is the very genesis of all of today’s professional sports leagues — a “coup d’état,” and he was right." Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | Our Game writeup, 4/24/2017 |
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