The
practice of having the President of the United State throw out the first
pitch of the season began in 1910, when William Howard Taft served in the
White House. (p. 121, Baseball as America)
Albert
Goodwill Spalding, a 19th century ballplayer and entrepreneur played for
the Boston Red Stockings for five years before joining the Chicago White
Stockings as player-manager. He was a key figure in the founding of the National
League, which played its first season in 1876. (p. 171, Baseball as America)
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