Cleveland and the surrounding area was home to one of the earliest and most active baseball scenes outside of the eastern seaboard. This extraordinarily detailed history combines author commentary with first-hand accounts to document baseball's rapid development and popularization in the region during the decades following the Civil War. Ordered chronologically and then geographically by town, chapters follow the game's rise from the earliest reports on ball in 1841, to the era of loosely organized, town-to-town rivalries and semipro clubs, and finally through the early era of the professional, and eventually major league, sport.…mehr
Cleveland and the surrounding area was home to one of the earliest and most active baseball scenes outside of the eastern seaboard. This extraordinarily detailed history combines author commentary with first-hand accounts to document baseball's rapid development and popularization in the region during the decades following the Civil War. Ordered chronologically and then geographically by town, chapters follow the game's rise from the earliest reports on ball in 1841, to the era of loosely organized, town-to-town rivalries and semipro clubs, and finally through the early era of the professional, and eventually major league, sport.
Table of Contents Preface Introduction PART I. THE EARLY YEARS, 1865-1877 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873-1877 PART II. THE MIDDLE YEARS, 1878-1889 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 & 1886 1887 1888 1889 PART III. THE CLOSING YEARS, 1890-1900 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Afterword Chapter Notes Bibliography Sources by Chapter Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction PART I. THE EARLY YEARS, 1865-1877 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873-1877 PART II. THE MIDDLE YEARS, 1878-1889 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 & 1886 1887 1888 1889 PART III. THE CLOSING YEARS, 1890-1900 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Afterword Chapter Notes Bibliography Sources by Chapter Index
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