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Town Ball
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Author : Armand Peterson
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2006
Town Ball written by Armand Peterson and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An in-depth study of the magical era of amateur baseball in Minnesota, from 1945 to 1960, looks at the social and economic factors that contributed to the sport's success, profiles some of the teams and their players, and includes a collection of anecdotes, vintage photographs, and statistics.
A Legend For The Legendary
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Author : James A. Vlasich
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1990
A Legend For The Legendary written by James A. Vlasich and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Social Science categories.
The origins of baseball are controversial. James A. Vlasich discusses the debates between two men intimately involved in nineteenth-century baseball, Henry Chadwick and Albert G. Spalding. Abner Graves of the Mills Commission claimed that Abner Doubleday had invented the game and he had done it in Cooperstown, New York. This claim was scrutinized at the time but the myth became etched into baseball history. Through the years, however, some critics have questioned the Mills Commission report. The problem is that the Baseball Hall of Fame is built on this shaky foundation. The lack of diligence on the part of Spalding's self-appointed committee has led to a credibility gap for the baseball shrine that continues a half century after its dedication. Indeed, the story of the building of the Baseball Hall of Fame is filled with intrigue worthy of a political thriller.
But Didn T We Have Fun
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Author : Peter Morris
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2010-03-16
But Didn T We Have Fun written by Peter Morris and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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 the countryside to the cities and brought a cherished but delightfully informal game with them. But Didn't We Have Fun? will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about baseball's origins. Peter Morris, author of the prizewinning A Game of Inches, takes a fresh look at the early amateur years of the game. Mr. Morris retrieves a lost eraand a lost way of life. Offering a challenging new perspective on baseball's earliest years, and conveying the sense of delight that once pervaded the game and its players, Mr. Morris supplants old myths with a story just as marvelous-but one that reallyhappened. With 25 rare photographs and drawings.
Baseball S First Inning
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Author : William J. Ryczek
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-11-29
Baseball S First Inning written by William J. Ryczek and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This history of America's pastime describes the evolution of baseball from early bat and ball games to its growth and acceptance in different regions of the country. Such New York clubs as the Atlantics, Excelsiors and Mutuals are a primary focus, serving as examples of how the sport became more sophisticated and popular. The author compares theories about many of baseball's "inventors," exploring the often fascinating stories of several of baseball's oldest founding myths. The impact of the Civil War on the sport is discussed and baseball's unsteady path to becoming America's national game is analyzed at length.
Baseball Before We Knew It
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Author : David Block
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2006-03-01
Baseball Before We Knew It written by David Block and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
It may be America?s game, but no one seems to know how or when baseball really started. Theories abound, myths proliferate, but reliable information has been in short supply?until now, when Baseball before We Knew It brings fresh new evidence of baseball?s origins into play. David Block looks into the early history of the game and of the 150-year-old debate about its beginnings. He tackles one stubborn misconception after another, debunking the enduring belief that baseball descended from the English game of rounders and revealing a surprising new explanation for the most notorious myth of all?the Abner Doubleday?Cooperstown story. ø Block?s book takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the centuries in search of clues to the evolution of our modern National Pastime. Among his startling discoveries is a set of long-forgotten baseball rules from the 1700s. Block evaluates the originality and historical significance of the Knickerbocker rules of 1845, revisits European studies on the ancestry of baseball which indicate that the game dates back hundreds, if not thousands of years, and assembles a detailed history of games and pastimes from the Middle Ages onward that contributed to baseball?s development. In its thoroughness and reach, and its extensive descriptive bibliography of early baseball sources, this book is a unique and invaluable resource?a comprehensive, reliable, and readable account of baseball before it was America?s game.
The National Game
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Author : Alfred Henry Spink
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2000
The National Game written by Alfred Henry Spink and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
"Spink provides a history of baseball before 1910; position-by-position biographies of former players and of every major league player of that era; sketches of managers, magnates, journalists, and umpires; the lineup of every championship team from 1871 to 1910 World Series."--Back cover.
I Love Town Ball
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Author : Town Ball Publishing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-03
I Love Town Ball written by Town Ball Publishing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-03 with categories.
A 120-page Town Ball Journal that features: 120 wide-ruled lined pages 6 x 9 inches in size smooth white-color paper a black matte-finish cover The (I Love Town Ball) journal can be used however you wish. This Town Ball journal makes a wonderful present!
Town Ball Parks Of Minnesota
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Author : Todd Mueller
language : en
Publisher: Blustone Group
Release Date : 2016-06-10
Town Ball Parks Of Minnesota written by Todd Mueller and has been published by Blustone Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-10 with Baseball fields categories.
Minnesota has over three hundred town ball teams, more organized amateur baseball teams than in any other state in the country.* Town Ball, Parks of Minnesota takes the reader on a tour of the state's most revered ballparks, ranging from a multi-million dollar complex in the Twin Cities to a rural field at the end of a dirt road ? arguably the most remote ballpark in the state.Over the course of several years and thousands of miles, the author traveled the state to visit these ballparks, then selected twenty-seven unique, historic and most beloved ballparks. The result is a book on town ball unlike any other publication. The book features five hundred baseball photographs selected from over 20,000 images, together with entertaining stories about the teams, the ballparks and the towns. For those readers who grew up with town ball, this book will highlight the sport they know and have loved for generations. For those unfamiliar with town ball, the book will afford you a glimpse into why these ballparks are considered some of the state's greatest sports treasures.Ready to come along on the tour? This is a trip worth taking.*According to the Minnesota Baseball Association
Breaking Into Baseball
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Author : Jean Hastings Ardell
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2005-03-03
Breaking Into Baseball written by Jean Hastings Ardell and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-03 with Social Science categories.
While baseball is traditionally perceived as a game to be played, enjoyed, and reported from a masculine perspective, it has long been beloved among women—more so than any other spectator sport. Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime upends baseball’s accepted history to at last reveal just how involved women are, and have always been, in the American game. Through provocative interviews and deft research, Jean Hastings Ardell devotes a detailed chapter to each of the seven ways women participate in the game—from the stands as fans, on the field as professionals or as amateur players, behind the plate as umpires, in the front office as executives, in the press box as sportswriters and reporters, or in the shadows as Baseball Annies. From these revelatory vantage points, Ardell invites overdue appreciation for the affinity and talent women bring to baseball at all levels and shows us our national game anew. From its ancient origins in spring fertility rituals through contemporary marketing efforts geared toward an ever-increasing female fan base, baseball has always had a feminine side, and generations of women have sought—and been sought after—to participate in the sport, even when doing so meant challenging the cultural mores of their era. In that regard, women have been breaking into baseball from the very beginning. But recent decades have witnessed great strides in legitimizing women’s roles on the diamond as players and umpires as well as in vital management and media roles. In her thoughtfully organized and engagingly written survey, Ardell offers a chance for sports enthusiasts and historians of both genders to better appreciate the storied and complex relationship women have so long shared with the game and to glimpse the future of women in baseball. Breaking into Baseball is augmented by twenty-four illustrations and a foreword from Ila Borders, the first woman to play more than three seasons of men’s professional baseball.
Candy Cummings
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Author : Stephen Robert Katz
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-03-31
Candy Cummings written by Stephen Robert Katz and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-31 with Sports & Recreation categories.
One of the greatest pitchers of his era, William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was born in 1848, when baseball was in its infancy. In the 1870s, Candy's invention, the curveball, played a transformative role and earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Drawing on extensive research, this first full-length biography traces Candy's New England heritage and chronicles his rise to the top, from pitching for amateur teams in mid-1860s Brooklyn to playing in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players--the first major league--and then the newly-formed National League. A critical examination of the evidence and competing claims reveals that Cummings was, indeed, the originator of the curveball.