American Baseball: From the Gentleman's Sport to the Commissioner System

by David Quentin Voigt

Book Overview

How did "America's National Game" evolve from a gentlemen's pastime in the 1850s to a national obsession in the Roaring Twenties? What really happened at Cooperstown in 1839, and why does the "Doubleday legend" persist? How did the commissioner system develop, and what was the impact of the "Black Sox" scandal? These questions and many others are answered in this book, with colorful details about early big league stars such as Mike "King" Kelly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271003340
• ISBN13: 9780271003344
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"