How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings turned baseball into a national sensation
- Written by Robert Wyss, Professor of Journalism, University of Connecticut
A drawing from Harper's Weekly depicts a game between the Red Stockings and the Brooklyn Atlantics.New York Public Library
This Major League Baseball season, fans may notice a patch on the players’ uniforms that reads “MLB 150.”
The logo commemorates the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who, in 1869, became the first professional baseball...
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