E8: The Road Trip That Started It All

Road trips and national tours are commonplace today, but in 1860, not one baseball team thought it a good idea to take the show on the road. There were numerous reasons not to even consider the idea. But one team, the Brooklyn Excelsiors sacrificed their season and a shot at the title that meant so much to them, to share this new, wonderful game, with the rest of the country. This is their story.