Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (Modern Library

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (Modern Library Chronicles)

â€œFootball is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecseyâ€™s book proves it, without wasting a word.â€
â€“Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number

In Baseball, one of the great bards of Americaâ€™s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the sport, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. George Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the game, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and performs a marvelous feat: making a classic story seem refreshingly new.
Baseball is a narrative of Americaâ€™s can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die-hard unionist baseballers such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted avatars of the gameâ€™s big-money establishment. Itâ€™s a celebration of such underdogs as a rag-armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure-handed fielder named Curt Flood, both of whom flourished as true great men of history. But most of all, Baseball is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nationâ€™s pastime and the fans, whoâ€™ve remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars.

Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecseyâ€™s charm, Baseball begs to be read in the span of a rain-delayed doubleheader, and so enjoyable that, like a favorite teamâ€™s championship run, one hopes it never ends.

â€œVecsey possesses a journalistâ€™s eye for detail and a historianâ€™s feel for the sweep of action. His research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classicâ€”â€” a highly readable guide to Americaâ€™s great enduring pastime.â€ â€” The Louisville Courier Journal

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812978704
Model 9780812978704
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2008-03-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812978704

Country	USA
Brand	RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812978704
Model	9780812978704
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2008-03-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812978704

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (Modern Library Chronicles)

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