The Ultimate Baseball Book, Expanded and Updated
Contributors: Daniel Okrent (Editor); Harris Lewine (Editor)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: April 10, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780618056682
First sentence: WHEN Alexander Joy Cartwright brought the Knickerbockers and the New York Nine to the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846, to play the first game of baseball, it was his impression that he was creating a sport that would be played by gentlemen of leisure for recreation and amusement.