Gunn Museum in Washington hosting virtual talk: 'How Baseball Happened' April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 2of5 Baseball on the Washington Green in 1869, in one of the first photographs of a baseball game in progress.Gunn Memorial Museum Contributed /Show MoreShow Less 3of5 5of5 WASHINGTON — Thomas W. Gilbert, author of “How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed,” will give a free, illustrated virtual presentation on Monday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. In this lecture, Gilbert tells the story of where America’s first national sport came from and how it conquered the nation, an announcement said. Included is a mention of Washington, Connecticut’s place in baseball history with one of the earliest images of a baseball game in action: The Gunnery Reunion Game played on the Green on Aug. 4, 1869.