Red Stocking Research Paper

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The First Baseball Team

Baseball has been America’s favorite past time for a long time, and everybody has a favorite team. But who was the first team? The first professional baseball team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings. They were only one of the most popular teams in that era, and were very good. In fact, one of the best in history!
The Cincinnati Red Stockings officially became a team in 1871. They acquired their team name from the red stir-up socks that they wore as part of their uniform. This was a common method of naming teams, such as the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Red Stockings. Another common way of naming teams was naming them after the city the team was from. Such as the Louisvilles of Louisville, and Xenias of Xenia, …show more content…
They didn’t wear gloves, their bats were a lot bigger, and the pitcher pitched underhand from 45 feet away from home plate. Baseball was also known as a gentleman’s game, so there was no spitting, swearing or even sliding. Players were also required to congratulate the other team if they made a good play.
In their first season, the Red Stockings went 57-1 (wins - tie), winning their first game 45-9. They are one of the most successful teams in professional baseball history. Unfortunately, they didn’t make it past their second season. They lost their first game ever to the Brooklyn Atlantics (8 - 7) during their second season. After this heartbreaking loss, no one was showing up to the games. This caused the team to lose money and fall apart. They were disbanded from the league.
After the Red Stockings were disbanded in a devastating (and maybe a little exaggerated by the fans in my opinion) loss against the Brooklyn Atlantics, a man named Iver Whitney Adams hired Harry Wright to form a new team called the Boston Red Stockings. Harry Wright brought over three former players of the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The Boston Red Stockings later became the Boston Braves, which then became the Atlanta Braves. Yes, today’s Atlanta Braves. Pretty cool, huh? However, the Cincinnati Red Stockings have no connection with today’s Cincinnati Reds, other than being from the same city and being inspiration for their
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