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Baseball : a history of America's game

Benjamin G. Rader (Author)
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
Print Book, English, 2008
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University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2008
History
xiii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780252033025, 9780252075506, 0252033027, 0252075501
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Fraternity and its game
Commercial spectacle
First professional teams
First professional leagues
Players' revolt
Great baseball war
Baseball's coming of age
Big fix
Age of Ruth
Age of dynasties
Baseball's great experiment
Last days of the old game
Baseball in trouble
Empowerment of the players
Demise of dynasties
Resurgence of America's game
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times