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Where did baseball come from? No one knows for sure. Many people believe that the idea came from a game played by children in England. Other people believe that a man named Abner Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839. The first real  runteamsprofessionalformedbatbasesSeriesrulesevent of baseball were written in 1845 by Alexander Cartwright. Two teams from New York played a game following Cartwright's rules. The rules worked well. Soon there were many teams.
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The first professional team was started in 1869. This team was the Red Stockings of Cincinnati. Within a few years, there were professional teams in other cities. In 1876, these teams came together in a league, or group, called the National League. The teams in the National League played one another.
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Each year since then the National League winner and the American League winner play in the World Series. Each year, millions of people look forward to this exciting sports  batbasesprofessionalteamsSerieseventformedrulesrun.