Baseball is one of the oldest sports to be played in America and Major League Baseball has existed since 1869.  Since being established, baseball has always been at the mercy of the weather and games are cancelled/postponed on a regular basis because of rain; a problem that is not an issue for indoor baseball games.

On this day, December 25th, in 1888, the first ever indoor baseball game on record was played in the city of Philadelphia. The game was played on the state fairgrounds in a large building with 2,000 spectators present.  The game was played between the Downtowners and the Uptowners.  The Uptowners won the game 6-1.

Today, indoor baseball exists throughout the country, mainly so baseball can be played in the winter.