TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Team That Inspired a Nation 4 CHAPTER 2 Heartbreak 8 CHAPTER 3 A Return to Normalcy 12 CHAPTER 4 Healing a Nation 18 CHAPTER 5 The Legacy 22 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
chapter 1 The Team That Inspired a Nation Baseball likely evolved from a British game called rounders The main difference was that in rounders the outfielders could hit the offense with the ball Baseballs used to be soft They were made from all kind of materials from the soles of shoes to fish eyes Baseball wasn’t given official rules until 1846 The game didn’t become a professional sport until after the Civil War ended in 1865 Today millions of boys and girls across 6 continents play Little League annually Over 35 million people from 122 countries are registered baseball players Around 18 million people watch the World Series each year These seven games are played in the United States and are the most popular games of the season The best team wins the 4 21st century skills library
The 1913 New York Yankees just after they changed their name from the Highlanders World Series and the players receive prize money and prestige The 2016 World Series had a whopping 23 million viewers who watched the Cubs win their first World Series since 1908 One of the greatest baseball teams is the New York Yankees They were originally called the Baltimore Orioles and later the New York Highlanders In 1913 they became the Yankees With legendary players like Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Joe DiMaggio Whitey Ford Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle the Yankees appeared in every World Series from 1955 through 1964 except in 1959 They have won more World Series titles than any other team 5 Sports Unite Us Photo Caption
