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The League That Lasted
- 1876 and the Founding of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs
Engelsk Paperback
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The League That Lasted
- 1876 and the Founding of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs
Engelsk Paperback

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In the early 1870s, baseball was chaos, mired in mismanagement and corruption. William Hulbert, the owner of Chicago''s National Association team, believed that a league run efficiently with honest competition would survive and flourish. Hulbert, relying on his pragmatic philosophy of "molasses now, vinegar later" and working with his prize recruit Albert Spalding, founded the National League in 1876.

That inaugural season of the National League is chronicled in this heavily documented work. The league fell far short of Hulbert''s dreams in its first season, but he stuck to his belief that integrity would win out in the end. He not only prohibited Sunday baseball and the sale and consumption of alcohol within the league''s ballparks, but ousted two teams--New York and Philadelphia--from the league because they failed to meet their obligation to finish out the season. Despite the setbacks, scandals, and considerable opposition, all of which are thoroughly covered here, the National League survived its first year.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
263
ISBN-13:
9780786417551
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786417552
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
18 maj 2004
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
18 maj 2004
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