Stamps with the theme Baseball

Baseball is a game played between two teams of nine players each. An early form of baseball was first played in England in the 18th century and the first game played under rules similar to those used today took place on June 19, 1846 at Hoboken, New Jersey, in the United States of America. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia.