The American pastime of baseball has a new founding father, thanks to documents held in private hands which are being put up for auction. A collection of more than 1,000 items from the archives of Major League Baseball (MLB) and its predecessor leagues is set to be auctioned off on May 1 at Christie's auction house in New York. The new documents lay out rules such as the game’s length and number of players. As yet, there are no plans to remove a plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in New York, stating Coinciding with the start of the major league season, a set of game-changing documents went up for sale this week. Alexander Cartwright was the founder of baseball. The auction last until the 23rd of April﻿
The American pastime of baseball has a new founding father, thanks to documents held in private hands which are being put up for auction. A collection of more than 1,000 items from the archives of Major League Baseball (MLB) and its predecessor leagues is set to be auctioned off on May 1 at Christie's auction house in New York. The new documents lay out rules such as the game’s length and number of players. As yet, there are no plans to remove a plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in New York, stating Alexander Cartwright was the founder of baseball. The auction last until the 23rd of April﻿