Take Me Out to the Ballgame

A research ActivityClick on the pictures to

help you with your research.

Let’s Play Ball!

Activity #1 Where Did Baseball Originate? • Abner Doubleday was the first to be

officially recognized as the creator of baseball… or was he? • How and when does it say that baseball was

invented?• In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame heard

about a printed reference to organized baseball in America. What was the name of the paper and the date of publication?

• Where was baseball played in the 1820’s?

Activity #2Breaking The Barriers

• Compose a brief biography about Jackie Robinson• Name, family background, team

number• Significance of his role in baseball

• Any additional information that you think might be interesting to the class

Activity #3Stadium Stats

• Explore 5 different ballparks and tell us about them. • Name & Location• Home Team• Seating capacities• Interesting trivia

Activity #4It’s A Family Affair

• Create a chart to identify families that played baseball together.• Indicate relationships (i.e. son, father,

grandfather)

• Year(s) they played• Team(s) they played for

Activity #5A Player By Any Other Name• Most players have a nickname.

Create a list of the 10 most unusual nicknames.

• Why are they so unusual?• Are they all related to baseball?• What is your nickname and how did

you get it?

Activity #6The National Baseball Hall of Fame• What can you tell us about it?

• Where is it located?• What can you see there?• How are players selected?• Why are Shoeless Joe Jackson & Pete

Rose not members of the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Websites

• 1. Baseball originate http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball

• 1. Documentation www.historybuff.com/library/refearlybase.html

• 2. Barriers http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball/jackie_1

• 3. Stadium www.ballparks.com

• 4. Family affair www.baseball-almanac.com/fammenu.shtml

• 5. Nick names http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060622&content_id=1518171&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

• 6. National Baseball Hall of Fame http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/museum/

• 6. Joe Jackson http://www.blackbetsy.com/hallstat.htm• 6. Pete Rose http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2560