Baseball  (2d ed.): A History of America's Game (Illinois History of Sports)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780252070136
Subjects: Sports & Recreation; Sports; Baseball - History; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Baseball - General; History; Baseball; 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.