Although actually begun in the early 1800s as an American variation of the English game of Rounders, it was very casual and unceremonious at first, with rules fluctuating from place to place. In 1845, a more formalized version of baseball came into existence with the invention of the modern baseball field by Alexander Cartwright. He and his teammates from the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club also devised the first rules and regulations of the modern game of baseball. By the late 1850s, the game was becoming more democratized, coinciding with the beliefs of the American populous of the time.

As the game became more structured, it rapidly began gaining popularity among the American people. Its pastoral image recalled a much simpler, more carefree time. “Our modern sports are attempts to break out of an artificially imposed confinement” (Bjarkman 116). The game prided itself upon perseverance through teamwork and a cooperative effort. It

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