Baseball: The Early Years (Oxford Paperbacks)
Praise for Volume I:"An important reference, very readable."--The New York Public Library"Indispensable."--Dr. Daniel Boorstin, Director, Library of Congress"Will remain the basic reference for baseball history."--New York Historical Review"First-rate history....[Seymour] gives a full picture of player salaries, of owner deceits, of public frenzy."--The Baltimore Sun"Half of what will be the most comprehensive, serious, authoritative, and sociological study of baseball ever put to paper."--San Francisco Chronicle"It puts baseball...firmly in the American picture....[An] admirable book."--The Times Literary Supplement (London)"[Seymour] has the intellectual's passion for facts, but he writes with the light touch of a sports writer."--New York Daily News"Stands in a class by itself."--St. Petersburg Times"Right off the bat, let me say that this history of baseball stands in a class by itself."--John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate