WorldHistory in context Ball,Bat and Bitumen: A history of Coalfield Baseball in the Appilation South
-Coal miners used to play baseball when they were on break and not on duty
-Teams originated from different mining units
-Fans began to watch them play
-Soon people began to fund and deliver baseballs for their team
-Compition grew among teams only to start tournaments and to bring in more fans
-Then once teams grew more well known cities began to play each other
-Baseball shaped reelationships among teams and the whole mining corperation