Baseball beinng played on, and around farms, would have seeked the help of local worlkers to make the baseballs. The earliest baseballs were made by local craftsman, farmers, and seamstress. They used materials that were readily available. Some time around 1876, Albert G. Spalding and his brother, J. Walter Spalding, obtained the right to produce the official National League baseball, which they would continue to produce for the next 100 years.
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