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I recently watched a video online where the commentator stated that, "The Kentucky Derby is steeped in tradition as the longest running sporting event in the United States." The first Kentucky Derby race took place in 1874 but I thought baseball in America had been around much longer than that.
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I thought the same thing when I saw that commercial. I suppose opening day is older and Cubs v. Braves series every year. Not any other marquee baseball event tho.Originally posted by Rockhound View Post"No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.” -
I suppose it depends on how you define "sporting event". Professional baseball predates 1874, and amateur baseball is older yet. But if a "sporting event" is a regularly held named occasion, then the Kentucky Derby is arguably older than any baseball event. I don't know the history well enough, but were I inclined to seek an older event I would look to yachting or crew regattas.Comment
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