Table of contents History of baseball Page 1 Babe Ruth Page 2 The baseball players Page 3 The Mascots Page 4 History of baseball Baseball has been around for hundreds of years ID: 729670
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Baseball
By Madelyn
and MiaSlide2
Table of contents
History of
baseball Page 1
Babe
Ruth Page 2
The baseball
players Page 3
The
Mascots Page 4Slide3
History of baseball
Baseball has been around for hundreds of years.
It started as an English game called “rounder's”.
Americans played a similar game called “town ball”.
In 1845, Alexander Cartwright and Daniel “Doc” Adams , leaders of Knickerbocker Baseball club developed the first set of rules for the game.
In the 1900s the rules had evolved to be close to the rules of today to consider it the “birth” of baseball.Slide4
Babe Ruth
Without question George Herman “Babe” Ruth is the most famous and important baseball player in history.
He died from throat cancer at the age of 53.
In 22 seasons he scored 714 home runs.
His best season was in 1927 when he hit 60 home runs. This was a record for 34 years.Slide5
W
ho’s the best baseball player
Babe Ruth because he hit 60 home runs.
Babe Ruth is a good baseball player because he led the Boston Red Sox’s to there fifth world series title, winning game land 4 against the Chicago Cubs.Slide6
Did you know every baseball team has a mascot?
The top 10 mascots are:
Mr. Met
Phillies
Phantie
Bernie Brewer
Billy the Marlin
Wally the Green Monster
Mariner Moose
The Saint Diego Chicken Stomper/Lou seal/the Oriole Bird
The Mascots represent the team and entertain the audience. Slide7
Glossary
Evolved- to develop
Mascot- a person, an animal, or a thing
Record- the best that has yet been done
Seasons- a period of time
World Series – annual championship series between North American-based Major League Baseball (MLB), played since 1903 between the American League (AL).Slide8
index
Table of contents page 1
History of baseball
page 2
Babe Ruth page 3
W
ho’s the best baseball player page 4
Did you know every team has a Mascot page 5