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Examines in detail the 1890 and 1891 major-league seasons, recapturing a colourful era when club owners quarrelled, players berated umpires, sportswriters criticised and ridiculed both owners and players, and the National Game, as it was universally called, made halting progress toward the sport and business it became in the twentieth century.
List of contents
Table of ContentsPreface 縤x
1.�89: The National Game �BR>
2.�90: "Seven Stories with a Mansard Roof" �
3.�90: "Trying for Years to Get into a First-class League" �
4.�90: "Rotting as Fast as Nature Will Let Them" �
5.�90-91: "Lunkheads of the First Water" �5
6.�91: "Mad Clean Through" �9
7.�91: "I Should Expect to Be Hanged" �3
8.�91-92: "Men of Money Have About Come to Their Senses" �7
Appendix: Some Lives Afterward�9
Bibliography �1
Index �7
About the author
Charles C. Alexander, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Ohio University, has written 14 books, the last eight of which have dealt with American baseball history. He lives in Hamilton, Ohio.
Summary
Examines in detail the 1890 and 1891 major-league seasons, recapturing a colourful era when club owners quarrelled, players berated umpires, sportswriters criticised and ridiculed both owners and players, and the National Game, as it was universally called, made halting progress toward the sport and business it became in the twentieth century.
