Baseball Equipment - Baseball (Ball), Baseball Bat, Baseball Cap, Baseball Clothing and Equipment, Baseball Doughnut, Baseball Glove, Baseb (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Baseball (ball), Baseball bat, Baseball cap, Baseball clothing and equipment, Baseball doughnut, Baseball glove, Baseball Rubbing Mud, Baseball stirrups, Baseball uniform, Batting cage, Batting glove, Batting helmet, Bat rolling, Composite baseball bat, Coolflo, Marucci Sports, Official ball supplier, Pink bat, Pitching machine, Shin guard, Vinci Co. LLC. Excerpt: A baseball uniform is a type of uniform worn by baseball players. Most baseball uniforms have the names and uniform numbers of players who wear them, usually on the backs of the uniforms to distinguish players from one other. Baseball shirts (jerseys), pants, shoes, socks, caps, and glove are parts of baseball uniforms. Most uniforms have different logos and colors to tell which team is which.Uniforms are also worn to identify the two teams and officials apart. An example of nineteenth-century baseball uniformsBaseball uniforms were first worn by the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club in 1849. Today, sales of replica uniforms and derivative branded products generate large amounts of income for Major League teams through merchandising. The Philadelphia Athletics in 1874 wearing their baseball uniformsThe New York Knickerbockers were the first baseball team to wear uniforms, taking the field on April 4, 1849 in pants made of blue wool, white flannel shirts and straw hats. The practice of wearing a uniform soon spread, and by 1900, all Major League Baseball teams had adopted them. By 1882 most uniforms included stockings, which covered the leg from foot to knee, and were used to differentiate one club from another. The uniforms themselves had different colors and patterns that reflected the different baseball positions. In the late 1880s, the Detroit Wolverines and Washington Nationals of the National League and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the American...