Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Prologue: Fall Festival | p. xi |
Introduction: Take Me Out to the Nineteenth-Century Ball Game | p. 1 |
The Rise and Fall of Major League Baseball in St. Louis, 1875-1877 | |
St. Louis versus Chicago | p. 9 |
ôChampions of the Westö | p. 26 |
The Collapse of the Original Brown Stockings | p. 38 |
The Resurrection of Major League Baseball in St. Louis, 1878-1886 | |
Beer and Baseball | p. 55 |
Von der Ahe versus Lucas | p. 78 |
ôChampions of the Worldö | p. 108 |
ôThe $15,000 Slideö | p. 123 |
The Survival of Major League Baseball in St. Louis, 1887-1891 | |
Farewell to Five ôOld War Horsesö | p. 151 |
Browns versus Bridegrooms | p. 171 |
War and Peace | p. 184 |
Epilogue: Farewell to Chris Von der Ahe, 1892-1899 | p. 197 |
Appendix: ôOnly Doing What Is Rightö: The Race Issue in Professional Baseball's Frontier Era | p. 201 |
Notes | p. 205 |
Bibliography | p. 263 |
Index | p. 273 |
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