- The
National ****ociation of Base Ball
Players (
NABBP) was the
first organization governing American baseball. (The
sport was
spelled with two
words in...
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fielded competitive teams in the
National ****ociation of Base Ball
Players (
NABBP) 1867–1870, a time of a
transition that
ambitious Cincinnati businessmen...
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develop professional leagues, the
National ****ociation of Base Ball
Players (
NABBP) was
established in 1857 as a
national governing body for the game. In many...
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batters prepared to wait all day for "their" pitch. It was not
until the 1858
NABBP convention that a rule was
adopted authorizing the
umpire to
impose a penalty...
- nine-inning games. When the
National ****ociation of Base Ball
Players (
NABBP) was
formed in 1858, he led the
rules and
regulations committee of the new...
- the
first convention of the
National ****ociation of Base Ball
Players (
NABBP) were from Brooklyn,
including the Atlantic, Eckford, and
Excelsior clubs...
- "Philadelphia rules" town ball to New York (
NABBP) rules. The
Eureka Club of
Newark starts playing other teams in the
NABBP. The
Union Club of
Lansingburgh team...
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early baseball,
there was no
concept of a "ball." It was
created by the
NABBP in 1863,
originally as a sort of unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty: "Should...
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first governing body, the
National ****ociation of Base Ball
Players (
NABBP). The
NABBP existed as an
amateur league for 12 years. By 1867, more than 400...
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Source for
season records:
Wright (2000) has
published records for
dozens of
NABBP teams each season,
relying on a mix of game and
season records in contemporary...
