Continental League: A Personal History

by Russell D. Buhite

Long before there was Moneyball, a group of investors led by baseball legend Branch Rickey proposed a new economic model for baseball. Based on an innovative approach to evaluating and developing talent, the Continental League was the last serious attempt to form a third Major League. The league's brief history affords a glimpse of any number of missed chances for America's game.
As one of the original Continental Leaguers, historian Russell...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803271905
• ISBN13: 9780803271906
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.7"