About the Author

Benjamin G. Rader, author of Baseball: A History of America’s Game is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Reviews

“Readers [get] a box seat at the game that became a national obsession.”—London Review of Books

“[Shows] just how compelling original documents can be when shaped into a narrative . . . that includes tales of attitudes, alliances, and deceits, as well as the development of performances, rules, and equipment.”—Canadian Journal of the History of Sport

“Ancient myths are shattered and new facts are uncovered.”—USA Today Baseball Weekly

“Fascinating collection.”—Washington Post