The History of NCAA Men’s College Baseball

BY KELLEN KONRATH

CRACK! “Homerun!” the announcer, ESPN’s Mike Patrick, announced, “The Texas Longhorns have just won the Men’s College World Series!”. The crowd cheered wildly. The Texas team ran to the middle of the field and started jumping up and down with excitement. This was 2005. But you can witness this electrifying scene every College World Series in June – just a few weeks away.

If you were wondering how the very beginning of college baseball came to be, you are in the right place.

Invention Of Baseball

According to baseballhall.org, a website that chronicles baseball’s history, Alexander Joy Cartwright is the person that is most commonly credited for inventing baseball. He did it with his New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club. The club developed the first rules called the Knickerbocker Rules. The first game was played in 1846. The New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club lost to the New York Baseball Club. They played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE NAME Rounders was the first name of baseball. Then, it changed to Townball, then Base, and then finally, Baseball.

THE FIRST GAME FOR COLLEGE BASEBALL

The first college baseball game was played on July 1, 1859. The first game was played between Amherst College and Williams College. The final score was a whopping 73 to 32. Amherst College won that game by a mile. The scores were so high because there were different rules. These rules were called “The Massachusetts Rules.” Now, we play with “The Knickerbocker Rules,” also known as “New York Rules.”

Then And Now

The Knickerbocker Rules are the same rules we use today. For example, the nine-men team rule is under the Knickerbocker Rules. Unlike the Knickerbocker Rules, the Massachusetts Rules had 13 men on a field at one time. Today, the teams have to get three outs to switch. In the beginning of college baseball, there was only one out before you had to switch. Today, there are nine innings. When base- ball first started, there were 25 innings.

NCAA stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association.)

INTERVIEW WITH BILL KONRATH, A REAL LIVE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FAN

Kellen K.: Why do you like going to see the college that you attended play baseball or go into the College World Series?

Bill K.: I have been rooting for the Longhorns

//Adobe Stock since 1988 and will continue to root for them for the rest of my life as they are my favorite college team. Getting to see them in Omaha at the College World Series was extra special since it was such a historic event. It is so difficult for a team to make it there.

Now, you know the History of NCAA Men’s College Baseball and more. Yay!

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