Baseball in Baltimore: The First Hundred Years

By James H. Bready

Book Overview

An engaging history of baseball in Baltimore--from the Excelsiors' first game in 1859 to the city's triumphant return to the majors in 1954. Winner of the Maryland Historical Society Book PrizeThe... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080185833X
• ISBN13: 9780801858338
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.9" x 8.8"

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Baltimore baseball before the modern A.L. Orioles

Baseball historian James Bready has researched professional baseball in Baltimore for more than 50 years and served for many years as an Editorial writer for the Baltimore Sunpapers. In "Baseball in Baltimore" Mr. Bready combines his colorful, enjoyable style of writing with his wealth of knowledge on the subject resulting in a topnotch account of baseball in Baltimore from the 1850's up to (but not including) the modern American League Orioles. Bready had already authored three editions of "The Home team" that were the forerunner of this excellent book. Jim has also collected many hard-to-find photos over the years and many of them are featured. Subjects include amateur Baltimore clubs of the 1850s and 1860s, the Orioles of the American Association and the National League pennant winners of the 1890s, the American League Orioles of 1901 and 1902, and the Orioles of the minor leagues (Eastern league and International League). Mr. Bready gives an interesting account of Jack Dunn's minor league Orioles that won 7 straight Int. league pennants from 1919 thru 1925 and Baltimore-born Babe Ruth's first stint in professional baseball (Jack Dunn's 1914 Orioles)> Highly recommended for any baseball historian or reader interested in baseball in Baltimore.