>snip: >I also heard today that the first baseball fine was issued at that [1846] game, >when one player swore at another and was fined either 6 or 9 cents. Of >course, he wasn't making anywhere near what our lovely humble ball players >make today. But that's another topic... > That's true. These early players did not make salaries. It was to remain an ameteur's game. That was a league rule dating from the 1850s. Not until 1869 was there a real professional team. The name? The Cincinnati Reds. Yep, they're the oldest professional baseball team. HBC **************************************** Henry B. Crawford Curator of History [log in to unmask] Museum of Texas Tech University 806/742-2442 Box 43191 FAX 742-1136 Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 ***** "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are dead!!" *****