Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xxiii |
Prologue | p. 1 |
Histories of the Game | p. 1 |
A Note on Method | p. 6 |
Origins | p. 10 |
The Culture of Organized Baseball, 1857-1866 | |
The Base Ball Fraternity | p. 17 |
Rites of Play | p. 17 |
"Hard Work and Victory" | p. 20 |
Players and Workers | p. 24 |
Cultural Antecedents | p. 27 |
Excitement and Self-Control | p. 32 |
Dangerous Excitement | p. 32 |
Agents of Control: Rules, Umpires, and Women | p. 34 |
The Problem of Competition | p. 40 |
The "Manly Pastime" | p. 43 |
Men and Boys | p. 43 |
The Fly Rule | p. 48 |
Ethics of the Game: Reform vs. Custom | p. 53 |
Fruits of Reform: "Ambitious Rivalries and Selfish Victories" | p. 58 |
Amateurs into Professionals, 1866-1876 | |
Growth, Division, and "Disorder" | p. 67 |
The Coming of the "Good Old Days" | p. 67 |
Growth and Fragmentation | p. 72 |
Cultural Conflict and Division | p. 75 |
"Revolving" and Professionalism | p. 84 |
The Decline of the National Association | p. 84 |
Baseball Capital and Baseball Labor | p. 94 |
The National Game | p. 101 |
Home and Away | p. 101 |
The Birth of the Cincinnati Red Stockings | p. 103 |
Uniform Identities | p. 108 |
Management, Triumph, and Defeat: The Red Stockings of 1869 and 1870 | p. 112 |
Amateurs in Rebellion | p. 120 |
The Amateurist Critique of Professional Baseball | p. 120 |
"Restoring" the Pastime | p. 126 |
Professional Leagues and the Baseball Workplace | p. 134 |
"Baseball Is Business Now" | p. 134 |
The Origins of Baseball Statistics | p. 142 |
The National League | p. 147 |
Epilogue: Playing for Keeps | p. 151 |
Notes | p. 157 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 179 |
Index | p. 181 |
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