Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (Modern Library

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (Modern Library Chronicles)

â€œFootball is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecseyâ€™s book proves it, without wasting a word.â€
â€“Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number

In Baseball, one of the great bards of Americaâ€™s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the sport, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. George Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the game, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and performs a marvelous feat: making a classic story seem refreshingly new.
Baseball is a narrative of Americaâ€™s can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die-hard unionist baseballers such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted avatars of the gameâ€™s big-money establishment. Itâ€™s a celebration of such underdogs as a rag-armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure-handed fielder named Curt Flood, both of whom flourished as true great men of history. But most of all, Baseball is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nationâ€™s pastime and the fans, whoâ€™ve remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars.

Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecseyâ€™s charm, Baseball begs to be read in the span of a rain-delayed doubleheader, and so enjoyable that, like a favorite teamâ€™s championship run, one hopes it never ends.

â€œVecsey possesses a journalistâ€™s eye for detail and a historianâ€™s feel for the sweep of action. His research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classicâ€”â€” a highly readable guide to Americaâ€™s great enduring pastime.â€ â€” The Louisville Courier Journal

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812978704
Model	9780812978704
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2008-03-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812978704

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (Modern Library Chronicles)

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