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The true, unknown, and wonderfully entertaining story of baseball's origins in the 19th century, as revealed by the game's preeminent historian.

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The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from ... More

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In this delightful history of the sport, Frommer captures the flavor, smell, and craziness of the early days of baseball. Starting with its invention ... More

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Peverelly's Book of American Pastimes, which covered several sports from badminton to horseracing, is best known for its dominant chapter on base ... More

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By the start of the 1870s, the game of "base ball" had been building momentum for a couple of decades as the new national past time. From Boston to ... More

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In baseball history, no decade is more critical than the 1880s--a time of urban growth when sports stories began to fill the pages of newspapers and ... More

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Drawing on contemporary sources including his own papers, this full-length biography covers all of Wright's life: his arrival in America; his ... More

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After talks with baseball's owners broke down in the fall of 1889, some of the greatest players of the day jumped their contracts and declared open ... More

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In the late 19th century, baseball players broke from the established leagues and organized their own Players' League. They believed that this rival ... More

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How a rogue league changed major league baseball forever.

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How a rogue league changed major league baseball forever.

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The authoritative compendium of facts, statistics, photographs, and analysis that defines baseball in its formative first decades.

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This work is a year-by-year statistical history of the teams and players of the nineteenth century's major leagues. The teams are listed by league, ... More

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It was probably the most cutthroat pennant race in baseball history. And it was a struggle to define how baseball would be played. This book ... More

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"A rousing good story, a rich tapestry of charming rogues, hustlers, and gritty ballparks that brings to sparkling life the game of baseball as it ... More

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Every baseball fan or collector will thrill to this oversized, magnificently produced volume. Beautiful and evocative full-color and duotone ... More

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How and why Americans chose baseball over its early rival, cricket, as the national pastime

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This comprehensive reference and browser's delight covers the years between 1871 and 1900, featuring everything from complete team rosters and ... More

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