The Continental League
Subtitle: a personal history
By: Russell D. Buhite
Contributors: Continental League (Baseball league)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780803271906
Subjects: Continental League (Baseball league); History
Description: "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 D. Buhite is--literally--talking "inside baseball" when he describes what happened in 1959 and 1960. Part memoir, part history, his account of the origin, development, and eventual undoing of the Continental League explores the organization's collective corporate structure as well as its significant role in building a thriving Minor League and forcing expansion on Major League Baseball. Buhite captures a lost era in baseball history and examines its lasting impact on the game. "--

"The history of the Continental League, the last serious attempt to start a third major league"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.