Late Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1945-1972

Late Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1945-1972 (Volume 2)
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In its infancy, major league baseball was anyoneâ‚¬s game, open to a dizzying array of rogues and scamps, athletic giants and captains of industry, hustlers, managers, and umpires who transformed club-based teams into the first professional federations with formalized rulesâ‚¬"and commercial considerations. This two-volume workâ‚¬"with its profiles of every key contributor to the major league game from May 4, 1871, through December 31, 1900â‚¬"is truly â‚¬Å“inside baseball.â‚¬Â

Volume 2 features Hall of Famers who played in the era, as well as twenty other figures who arenâ‚¬t yet enshrined but arguably should be because of their considerable impact on the game. It also profiles early day baseballâ‚¬s crooks, madcaps, homicide victims, suicides, and missing persons, in addition to the managers, team owners, and umpires who helped give the game its structure and shape.Â Â

More than a collection of mere facts and statistics, Major League Baseball Profiles provides a unique history of the evolution of major league baseball, from the date of the first major league game in 1871 through the 1900 season, which marked not only the close of a century but also the unofficial end of what many believe to be the formative period of the game.
Country USA
Brand Bison Books
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780803235328
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Bison Books
Manufacturer	Bison Books
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780803235328
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Late Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1945-1972 (Volume 2)

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