【单选题】
Baseball isAmerica‘s most popular sport. In a baseball game there are two teams
of nine players. Players must hit ball with a bat and then run around four bases.
A、
player who goes around all the bases scores a run for his team. The team that finishes
with more runs wins the game.
Where did baseball come from? No one knows for sure. Many people believe that the
idea came from a game played by children inEnglanD、Other people believe that a man
namedAbnerDoubleday invented the game inCooperstown， New York， in 1839.But the
first real rules of baseball were written in 1845 byAlexanderCartwright. Two teams
from New York played a game followingCartwright‘s rules. The rules worked well. Soon
there were many teams.
These early teams were not professional. They played only for fun， not money.But
baseball was very popular from the start.Businessmen saw that they could make money
with professional baseball teams.
The first professional team was started in 1869. This team was the Red Stockings
ofCincinati. Within a few years there were professional teams in other cities. In
1876， these teams came together in a league， or group， called the National League.
The teams in the National League played one another.
In 1901， a new league， called theAmerican League， was formeD、To create some
excitement， in 1903， the two leagues decided to have their first-place teams play
each other. This event was called the World Series.
Each year since then the National League winner and theAmerican League winner
play in the World Series.And， each year， millions of people look forward to this
exciting sports event.