Essay On 1920s Baseball

Baseball in the 1920s Baseball can be considered to be one of the most loved sports of all time. I mean how could it not? The sport itself has come a long way since it was first developed and has done a lot on its way. From putting up crazy history breaking records to putting smiles on kids’ faces, baseball has done it all. From spreading information, to opening up opportunities, to influencing history or just a few things baseball has done for us. The 1920s was an opening to spread information faster than ever before. They also opened up more opportunities for people. Radios were now being massed produced opening the spread of the word faster than ever before. Being sold for even cheaper helped reach many more people than in past years (Johnson

The popularity itself helped out the game in more ways than one (Wolfe 1). The game itself started to change. Ballparks were built, sports pages had major headlines, and radios spoke of the game every day. Stadiums were originally built to be kept in the park no matter what, but now the stadiums were renovated to still be spacious, but could also be hit out. These stadiums made the games more fun, especially this certain game in particular. August 25, 1922 was a memorable day in baseball history. On this day, a game was played between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies. By the end of the game, 49 points had been scored. The final score was 26-23 in the Cubs favor. There were 21 walks, 9 errors, 3, homeruns, and an overwhelming 51 hits. Although there were crazy statistics put up, the stability of the league was also made (Johnson 2). By the end of the 1920s, all of the teams in the league were set. This would stay this way for three decades until the 1960s when the Dodgers and the Giants moved west. The 1920s was definitely one of the most important and greatest decades for the game of

The Civil War for instance played a big part in spreading the word (Johnson 1). During times of the war, soldiers would write in their diaries and journals about the game and the spread of it from camp to camp. They even wrote letters across the country detailing how baseball was beginning to spread to towns across the land (Johnson1). Baseball wasn’t just in America though. During the Spanish-American war, soldiers brought the game down to Latin American countries, whose people caught on fast. This movement of people loving the game opened up even more opportunity for foreign talent to be brought to the Land of the Free to play the game everyone loves. This war was not the only war that affected the game though. World War I caused most of the white men to have to be deployed overseas. When this happened, women and African Americans who had passion and love for the game saw an opportunity to get involved- and they took it. Women baseball leagues began to be created as well as the Negro Leagues. These leagues were going strong and had huge fan bases, but when the white men got back from war, they wanted their sport back. The former soldiers were able to get their sport back, but that didn’t stop women and African Americans from being involved. Women started to help increase the fan base at the games, and African Americans started to join white leagues, starting with the famous Jackie Robinson. All of these