SPMA 1P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Astrodome, Branch Rickey, Major League Baseball Players Association
23 Jan 2018
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Is the days before the railroads people and information could only travel as fast as a horse could run. Urbanization: to provide the spectators to buy tickets. Trains: to get athletes to games in a timely fashion. Newspapers so fans could follow their teams, and sport promoters could get the word out (advertisements) Telegraph to report scores and solidify business deals (lines ran across railroad tracks) Between 1880 and 1890, 79 companies had began to produce sporting goods products (i. e. baseball gloves, golf balls, bicycles etc. ) By the 1870s, all four of these things^^^ were common place in the usa. 1876: the national league was formed, the first of our current professional sport leagues. Boxing, horse racing, and college athletics gained in popularity at this time as well. Star pitcher with the nl"s chicago team, starting in 1876. Place, how will you get the word out. Opened a baseball equipment store near the stadium.
