Baseball Origin Here's a Timeline: 1791 - Pittsfield, MA claims to be the place of Baseball Origin. There's also an interesting story and connection between Pittsflield, MA and Cooperstown, NY. Click here to find out. 1839 - Abner Doubleday was credited for inventing baseball in the summer of 1839 in Cooperstown, NY. Was it Abner Doubleday? What's this? Untruth? There is an Abner Doubleday myth? According to Wikipedia Doubleday was parading around down in West Point during that summer. And who wouldn't have been? The babes were ... well, never mind. 1845 - Alexander Joe Cartright developed the rules of baseball - as far as we can tell. Cartright had vision. He instituted a practice of 'tagging runners out,' instead of chucking the … [Read more...]