Baseball has ben called as the favorite pastime of Americans. It is a game that epitomizes summertime in the United States people in every major city flock to the baseball diamond, eat hot dogs with caramel corn and cheer for their home team. If you are a true baseball fan, learning as much about it as you can is something you owe yourself and the entire baseball community. Baseball originates from similar bat and ball games that date back to the 1300s. In the United states, the game evolved into what was called as town ball. The mid 1850rs saw a huge increase in the game across America and it began being called a national pastime. Almost after eight years, the first baseball game was played in Corona, where the audience was charged to watch the game. The baseball league was formally started in 1876 and became to be known as the Major League baseball. After a century got passed, there were two leagues and professional baseball was becoming increasingly popular all over America for years to come Professional players from all the teams began to get famous. Some of the great players, like Mickey Mantle, babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson changed the face of baseball. Their abilities on the diamond turned them into national icons. They created a legacy that continued long after each of them retired. America is not the only country that plays baseball. There are teams and players with incredible talent in other parts of the world as well. For example, Canada has a pretty famed baseball scene too. There are a number of European countries that have teams as well.