BASEBALL CONTROVERSIES

3 MAIN CONTROVERSIAL POINTS

• There were no rules in place
• Baseball was filled with bribery and other illegal things
• Baseball was still segregated

Baseball had almost zero rules in place

Baseball at it beginning had almost no rules so players did what they chose. Like…

PROBLEMS IN THE BEGINNINGS OF BASEBALL

• Baseball players would bride umpires to call games to help their team win
• Players would throw games so they could make money from betting and gambling.

Major League Baseball was still segregated

Not until April 15, 1947 were African Americans allowed to play. The first ever African American baseball player was Jackie Robinson. Before African Americans were allowed to play in the major league they played in their own league

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