MLB BASEBALL HISTORY

Since 1903, the winning teams of the National League and American League are playing a championship series called the World Series. It is the winning spirit of both the National League and American League teams that make up major league baseball. Little did anyone anticipated that when the Boston Red Sox played their first game ever on April 26, 1901 as a major league team, they would become one of the most popular baseball teams in MLB history. Though the games played during that time were low scoring, the era was named the "Dead Ball Era". Though the legendary pitchers such as Walter "The Big Train" Johnson, Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and Grover Cleveland Alexander ruled the sport, game solely relied on contact-hitters, bunting, and base stealing for its offense. The popularity of the game came at stake since forty years of batting records began to fall.

Hitting a home runs seldom was seldom a feature of any team many clubs employed security guards to retrieve the balls that hit the stands. The first 20 years of the 20th century witnessed an unmatched rise in the popularity of baseball. The owners of the existing franchise to become more superior and to give more facilities to their teams started building either new ballpark facilities or invested for the enlargement of the existing grounds including Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Boston's Fenway Park along with Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park in Chicago. Even the rules were changed. One of the most remarkable events that changed f the destiny of the Red Sox was the trade of George Herman Ruth. Ruth's power hitting ability demonstrated a new way to play the game. Following his success every good team boasted of their home-run hitting "sluggers": In 1947, the sport became integrated when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier after joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. The first team to relocate in fifty years was the Boston Braves who moved to Milwaukee in 1953. In 1958, MLB for the first time expanded its area of influence.

The teams were either moved from their existing leagues or the eligible cities were awarded the franchises. There are very few franchises that are as rich in tradition as the Detroit Tigers. They have always showcased consistency and competitiveness. Overall the Cleveland Indians have had some of the best teams and best players ever. The baseball lost much of its popularity costing the players their stardom due to a strike in 1981 and 1994 and BALCO scandal in 2002. To know more about the sequence of events that have influenced or marred the history of the teams, just click on the team you want to know. Our exclusiveness is that we have provided you the information in such a way that you can first assess the team’s glory, by going through their performance in the new millennium.