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Baseball (2d ed.): A History of America's Game (Illinois History of Sports)
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by Benjamin G. Rader
Sales Rank: 625172
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 312 pages
Published by: University of Illinois PressEdition: 2nd Edition January 9, 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0252070135
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0252070136
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
Although the book does not attempt comprehensiveness, this short survey of the development of America's national pastime has merit. Rader ( American Sports ) discusses the origins of the game, separating fact from mythology, then relates the role of the Civil War in spreading baseball from New York to the rest of the nation, the rise of professional teams and leagues, the crushing of the players' revolt of 1890, the "Age of Ruth," the building of dynasties such as the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals, the racial integration of the sport, the modifications in the reserve clause and the contemporary scene. Rader covers each phase accurately and with elan, as when he writes, "In a world of seething change, baseball continues to offer comfort and reassurance; it remains America's Game." photographs not seen by PW.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
With most of today's baseball books concentrating on very specific aspects of the sport, it is interesting to find one that attempts to relate the complete history of America's game. Beginning before the Civil War, Rader traces the development of rules in the 1890s, the advent of the home run in the 1920s, the breakdown of the color barrier in the 1940s, and the problems of expansion and free agency in our own era. Along with profiles of well-known personalities like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, and familiar events such as the Black Sox scandal of 1919, this thoroughly researched book presents some unusual facts (including information on Harry H. Freeman's barnstorming "buxom beauties," an all-female pro team that played some sixty years before the women of the current film A League of Their Own ). This volume is highly recommended for most libraries.
-Dan Bogey, Clearfield Cty. P.L. Federation, Curwensville, Pa.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
Benjamin Rader's second edition of his definitive history of America's favorite national pastime continues to score. Big. The lively, compact history has been expanded, now including baseball in the 1990s, the Latino invasion, the building of retro parks, the dizzying race for home runs (think Sosa and McGwire), the return (again) of the New York Yankees and team dynasties. This may be a somewhat scholarly analysis of the sport, but it's also highly approachable and highly readable and rich in detail. Rader takes readers into the game both inside and outside the foul lines; he also corrects errors he made the first time 'round, most notably in chapters 14 and 15. (Readers of the first edition will know exactly what we mean, and can start whooping it up now.) As for the rest of you, all together now: Take me out to the ballgame ....
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