Sunday Baseball
Subtitle: The Major Leagues' Struggle to Play Baseball on the Lord's Day, 1876-1934
Publisher: Macfarland & Co.
Published: March 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780786415649
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Baseball; Social history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Sociology Of Sports; Sports & Recreation; Sports; USA; Baseball - General; General; Civil religion; Religious aspects; Social aspects; United States
Description: "This is the story of how Sunday baseball went from being illegal in most places in 1876 to a normal event everywhere by 1934. During those nearly six decades, numerous Sunday schemes were used, like playing in strange places, under odd circumstances, and at the inconvenience of players and managers, some of whom were arrested anyway."--Jacket.