Baseball  (2d ed.): A History of America's Game (Illinois History of Sports)
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780252027031
Subjects: Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Baseball; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Baseball - History; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Baseball - General; History; United States
First sentence: In 1858, three years before the first shots were fired in the nation's terrible civil war, baseball excitement in the New York City area mounted to a fever pitch.