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August 20, 2008

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SCREENING ROOM

Right now our Screening Room features highlights from "Baseball's Best Kept Secret", a one hour documentary that tells the true story of the origin, early history and evolution of the game of baseball. It's the first in a series of baseball videos to be presented here in Real Video.

You must have the RealOne Player to view the following clips: FREE DOWNLOAD


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In the summer of 1845, in the city of New York, Alexander Cartwright Jr. along with members of his New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club virtually invented the modern game of baseball. Just what did they do? ... What innovations did they come up with?


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What was baseball like back in the 1880's and 1890's? ... Who were the top teams? ... Who was baseball's first major superstar ... Who was the first black major league player? ( no it wasn't Jackie Robinson!)


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Just what did Abner Doubleday have to do with the birth of Baseball? ...And where was the first real game of baseball played?


More coming soon!