The "Father of Baseball" was influential in Hawaiʻi
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The "Father of Baseball" was influential in Hawaiʻi
HONOLULU (KHON2) - In the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī, which lies in the moku of Kona here on Oʻahu, stands a street named after the gentleman nicknamed the “Father of Baseball.” We are speaking of Cartwright Rd. Born in 1820, New Yorker Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. laid the first baseball diamond as it is used today. In 1842, he founded the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, said to be the first organized baseball team. In 1849, Cartwright arrived in Hawai…
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