There has been much speculation about the origin of baseball. In 1907 a special commission decided that the modern game was invented by Abner Doubleday, a West Point cadet, at Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1839.(The Story of Baseball) One hundred years later the National Baseball Museum was opened at Cooperstown to honor Doubleday. Historians, however, disagree about the origin of baseball. Some say that baseball comes from bat-and-ball games of ancient times. It is a matter …showed first 75 words of 772 total…

…showed last 75 words of 772 total…the so-called Black Sox scandal a baseball commissioner was proposed to replace an ineffective three-man commission. Kenesaw M. Landis, a federal judge, exercised absolute authority over all phases of the game from 1920 until his death in 1944. The first African American to head a major professional sports league in the United States was Bill White, who became the NL president in 1989. The commissioner and both major leagues maintain their headquarters in New York City. (Franchise Information)