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In a meeting on Feb. 2, 1876, at the Grand Central Hotel in New York City, Chicago White Stockings owner William Hulbert persuaded his fellow owners that a new baseball league was needed to restore order between eastern and western cities.
The result of the meeting was the founding of the National League, baseball’s first closed-circuit professional league and one that has remained intact ever since.
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While the pyramids of Egypt would hardly qualify as “barns,” they did prove the setting of one of baseball's great barnstorming trips.
Albert Goodwill Spalding led the way.
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Right Fielder
Right Fielder
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King Kelly was not only one of the top players of his day, but he was also one of the most popular.
He played in the late 1870s and 1880s, and during that time he was the biggest drawing card in the sport. Kelly helped the Chicago White Stockings to five pennants – and when he was sold to the Boston Beaneaters for the incredible total of $10,000, fans were so upset that many refused to attend Chicago’s home opener that followed.
1st Baseman
1st Baseman
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He never played a game in baseball’s “modern” era. But Adrian Constantine “Cap” Anson was one of the great modernizers of the game, bringing strategy and leadership to the National Pastime.
