A succinct history of baseball, newly revised and updated
Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the author of American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports.
Praise for previous editions: "A grand slam... An entertaining, insightful history of the national pastime set within the context of major issues in American society... By far the finest one-volume history of America's game ever written." Larry R. Gerlach, author of The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires "The best single-volume history of the sport... Tackles the business and organizational evolution of the professional game, while not losing sight of how it was played on the field." Warren Goldstein, Washington Post Book World "The search for a good compact history of baseball is over. This work, thoughtfully constructed to locate the national pastime within a rich social and economic context, is a model of historical synthesis... This reviewer does not know of a better history of baseball." Choice "Baseball reflects Rader's firm grasp of the best and latest scholarship and his insightful understanding of American sport history." Steve Gietschier, Sporting News
Praise for previous editions: "A grand slam... An entertaining, insightful history of the national pastime set within the context of major issues in American society... By far the finest one-volume history of America's game ever written." Larry R. Gerlach, author of The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires "The best single-volume history of the sport... Tackles the business and organizational evolution of the professional game, while not losing sight of how it was played on the field." Warren Goldstein, Washington Post Book World "The search for a good compact history of baseball is over. This work, thoughtfully constructed to locate the national pastime within a rich social and economic context, is a model of historical synthesis... This reviewer does not know of a better history of baseball." Choice "Baseball reflects Rader's firm grasp of the best and latest scholarship and his insightful understanding of American sport history." Steve Gietschier, Sporting News
With most of today's baseball books concentrating on very specific aspects of the sport, it is interesting to find one that attempts to relate the complete history of America's game. Beginning before the Civil War, Rader traces the development of rules in the 1890s, the advent of the home run in the 1920s, the breakdown of the color barrier in the 1940s, and the problems of expansion and free agency in our own era. Along with profiles of well-known personalities like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, and familiar events such as the Black Sox scandal of 1919, this thoroughly researched book presents some unusual facts (including information on Harry H. Freeman's barnstorming ``buxom beauties,'' an all-female pro team that played some 60 years before the women of the current film A League of Their Own ). This volume is highly recommended for most libraries.--Dan Bogey, Clearfield Cty. P.L. Federation, Curwensville, Pa.
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