They weren't even called baseball players. The first professional baseball team was made up of something else, actually. Something called ballists. The term is defined as something more than nine ...

Professional baseball was born with the formation of the barnstorming Cincinnati Red Stockings on this day in history, March 15, 1869. "The onset of professionalism was no small step for baseball: ...

The original Red Stockings of 1868. The following year the team became professional. Chances are, if you are a Cincinnatian, you have stood on the very ground where the 1869 Red Stockings – the first ...