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Informationen zum Autor William E. Akin is a professor emeritus of history from Ursinus College. His articles have appeared in The Historian, American Quarterly and American Historical Review. He lives in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Klappentext A game in 1866 hosted by the Hunkidori Base Ball Club in Wheeling is considered the first ?match game of Base Ball.? Here, the author traces the history of minor league and independent league baseball in West Virginia. Baseball below the minor leagues has a rich and comparatively unexplored history, and West Virginia has made substantial contributions to this legacy. Chapters examine the chronological history of baseball and the larger economic and cultural changes that have influenced it. Eras include baseball as a social game (through 1873); the emergence of professional baseball (through 1895); its second boom (through 1905); the deadball era (through 1920); the Martinsburg dynasty (1914 to 1934); as a miners? sport (1920 to 1941); the Middle Atlantic League (1925?1942); the Mountain State League (1937?1942); the postwar years (1945?1955); the nadir (1955?1985); and ?A Minor Miracle? (1985?2000), a chapter that heralds a comeback in the popularity of professional baseball. Traces the history of minor league and independent league baseball in West Virginia. This book asserts that baseball below the minor leagues has an unexplored history. The chapters of this book examine the chronological history of baseball and the larger economic and cultural changes that have influenced it since end of the Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. "A Social Game of Ball": Statehood and Base Ball, 1865-1873 2. "Wheeling's a Swell Town to Play In": The Emergence of Professional Baseball, 1874-1895 3. "A Progressive Community Must Have a Base Ball Team": Baseball's Second Boom, 1895-1905 4. "No Better Advertisement Than a Good Baseball Team": North Central West Virginia in the Deadball Era, 1905-1920 5. "Oh, Summer in Kanawha": River Towns in the Deadball Era, 1905-1920 6. "The City Is Baseball Crazy": The Martinsburg Dynasty, 1914-1934 7. "Baseball Was the Miners' Sport": Coalfield Baseball, 1920-1941 8. "Hit the Ball and Run Like Hell": The Middle Atlantic League, 1925-1942 9. "Dark and Dusty": The Mountain State League, 1937-1942 10. "Ain't Nobody Got Time for Nothing No More": The Post-War Years, 1945-1955 11. "Folks Don't Seem to Like Baseball Like They Used To": The Nadir, 1955-1985 12. "There's Nothing Like Baseball to Keep Your Mind Off Your Troubles": A Minor Miracle, 1985-2000 Notes Bibliography Index ...
