Title: Where they ain't : the fabled life and untimely death of the original Baltimore Orioles, the team that gave birth to modern baseball /
Authors: Solomon, Burt.
Publisher: Free Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team) History.; Baseball United States History; Baseball United States History
Abstract: The fabled life and untimely death of the original Baltimore Orioles, the team that gave birth to modern baseball.
Contents: Sentiment -- The fields of Brooklyn -- The national game -- Foxy Ned -- Baltimore's grandest parade -- The big four -- Individual glory -- Business -- Syndicate baseball -- Business beats sentiment -- Survival of the fittest -- A competing league -- Betrayals -- Playing 'til dark -- Major league standings, 1893-1904 -- Career records of "the big four."