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Chapter 1: Early Baseball

The National Association of Base

Ball Players played a New York style

baseball game that was created in the

1860s. Soldiers playing a national

game in a camp during the Civil

War helped create the association.

In the beginning, it was played by

non-professional players for more

than a decade until 1867. More 400

teams joined this association after it

started to increase in popularity. The

best players and clubs were mostly

found in the northeastern part of