Late 1800s.
The first organized baseball game was June 19, 1846 in Hoboken, NJ
The first organized baseball team was the New York Knickerbockers. This amateur team formed as a social club in 1845 and played in the first recorded game in 1846.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Ty Cobb became the first baseball player to become a millionaire.
The first year of play for the National League was 1876.
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The first World Baseball Classic, held in 2006, was won by Japan.
There is no concrete evidence to suggest that Emily Dickinson attended an organized baseball game. Dickinson was known to have a reclusive nature and preferred to spend much of her time at home writing poetry. However, she did live during a time when baseball was becoming popular in America, so it is possible that she was aware of the sport.
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The Taika Reform set up the first government.
The first "professional" baseball team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings that was formed as early as 1876 a few years before and organized professional baseball league was formed.
Doubleday Field is near the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY. It is the sight of the first organized baseball game every played.