Baseball

by Rader, Benjamin G.

• ISBN13: 9780252075506
• ISBN10: 0252075501
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-02
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

In this third edition of his lively history of America's game - widely recognized as the best of its kind - Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on Major League Baseball through the 2006 season: record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.

Author Biography

Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the author of American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Fraternity and Its Game	p. 5
A Commercial Spectacle	p. 19
The First Professional Teams	p. 30
The First Professional Leagues	p. 42
The Players' Revolt	p. 60
The Great Baseball War	p. 78
Baseball's Coming of Age	p. 91
The Big Fix	p. 109
The Age of Ruth	p. 123
An Age of Dynasties	p. 136
Baseball's Great Experiment	p. 155
The Last Days of the Old Game	p. 171
Baseball in Trouble	p. 188
The Empowerment of the Players	p. 204
The Demise of Dynasties	p. 221
The Resurgence of America's Game	p. 238
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times	p. 261
Bibliographical Essay	p. 283
Index	p. 291
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