A Halloween History of Baseball Uniforms

... desperation and a dysfunctional childhood. ] History claims that baseball's first official club, the New York Knickerbockers, was organized in 1845. Interestingly, the club did not adopt its uniform-straw hats, blue pantaloons, and white ...

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