In 1871, a farmer and Civil War veteran from Gorham, Maine, named Horace Wilson, was recruited to teach in Japan as part of ...

Inning One, Our Game, looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and takes the story up to 1900. Burns refutes the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown and traces its roots ...

Be sure to stay tuned tomorrow night for a special edition of the CBS6 news at 7 - the origins of baseball. It's a closer look at America’s pastime and where it all began, examining the history ...