Baseball's First Inning
Subtitle: A History of the National Pastime Through the Civil War
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C.
Format: Paper
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780786441945
Subjects: baseball
Genres: history
Description: "Describes evolution of baseball. The New York clubs are a primary focus as examples of how the sport became more sophisticated and popular. The author compares theories about many of baseball's "inventors," exploring the fascinating stories. The impact of the Civil War on the sport and baseball's unsteady path to becoming America's national game is analyzed"--Provided by publisher.