The Jersey Game

by Diclerico, James M.; Pavelec, Barry J.

• ISBN13: 9780813519432
• ISBN10: 0813519438
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

Argues that baseball started in Hoboken, traces the history of professional New Jersey teams, and includes profiles of New Jersey-born players

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(2)
A Game Is Born in Jersey: The Beginnings of Modern Baseball	3	(20)
They Came to Play: New Jersey Nurtures Competitive Baseball	23	(18)
Money Talks: Professionalism Takes Root in the Garden State	41	(22)
When the Minors Were Major: Jersey's Golden Age of Professional Baseball	63	(44)
An Inning in the Big Time: Nework in the Federal League	107	(26)
Glory in the Shadows: The Negro Leagues Flourish in New Jersey	133	(28)
The Common Denominator: Amateur Baseball in the Garden State	161	(36)
Getting Down to Business: New Jersey Firms Turn Diamonds into Gold	197	(14)
The Boys of Jersey: The State's Major Leaguers	211	(20)
Afterword	231	(2)
Appendix A New Jersey-Born Major Leaguers	233	(18)
Appendix B New Jersey Baseball Milestones	251	(4)
Bibliography	255	(6)
Index	261