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Warren N. Wilbert Opening Pitch (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Opening Pitch : Professional Baseball's Inaugural Season
- Publication Name
- Opening Pitch
- Title
- Opening Pitch
- Subtitle
- Professional Baseball's Inaugural Season
- Format
- Perfect
- ISBN-10
- 0810860201
- EAN
- 9780810860209
- ISBN
- 9780810860209
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Release Year
- 2007
- Release Date
- 19/09/2007
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 11.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Topic
- Baseball / History, General
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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By the start of the 1870s, the game of "base ball" had been building momentum for a couple of decades as the new national past time. From Boston to New York to Philadelphia, base ball "clubs" had been forming around the country. From the first game to be reported in a newspaper in 1853 to the first all-star game in 1858 to the first fully professional baseball team in 1869, minor and major milestones ultimately led to the formation of the first professional baseball league. In Opening Pitch: Professional Baseball's Inaugural Season, 1871 , Warren Wilbert chronicles the events leading up to the sport's first official season. Highlighting the key players both on and off the field, Wilbert provides a fascinating history of the sport's highs and lows, culminating in the historic season when baseball officially evolved from amateur athletics to the professional sport that all of America embraced. Opening Pitch provides a close look at the teams that participated in league play, including the New York Knickerbockers, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the Chicago White Stockings, the Troy Haymakers, the New York Mutuals, the Fort Wayne Kekiongas, the Cleveland Forest Citys, the Washington Olympics, and the Philadelphia Athletics. The book also pays tribute to the sport's early stars who made the first season a memorable one. Among those profiled are Dave Eggler, Bob Ferguson, Cal McVey, Levi Meyerle, Joe Start, Ezra Sutton, Fred Treacey, James "Deacon" White, George Zettlein, and future Hall of Famers Adrian "Cap" Anson, George Wright, Henry Wright, and Al Spalding. Several appendixes include individual stats for all of the key players, as well as the season record for all the teams who participated in league play. For baseball enthusiasts as well as those interested in athletics in America, Opening Pitch offers a fascinating glimpse into this historic era of professional sport.
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Publisher
Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0810860201
ISBN-13
9780810860209
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60727299
Product Key Features
Book Title
Opening Pitch : Professional Baseball's Inaugural Season
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv875.A1w55 2008
Table of Content
Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Prologue Chapter 3 Chapter One: The Eckfords: Link to the Past Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Boss Tweed's Mutes Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Base Ball in the Hinterlands: The Kekiongas Part 6 OPENING PITCHES I: BASE BALL 1871 Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Base Ball on the Shores of Lake Erie Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Chicago's White Stockings Part 9 OPENING PITCHES II: SORTING OUT THE LEADERS Chapter 10 Chapter Six: Base Ball at the Agricultural Sociaty Fairgrounds Chapter 11 Chapter Seven: Troy's Haymakers Part 12 OPENING PITCHES III: THE BROTHERS WRIGHT Chapter 13 Chapter Eight: Red Stockings in Boston Chapter 14 Chapter Nine: The Capital's Olympians Chapter 15 Chapter Ten: A Whip Flag for the City of Brotherly Love Part 16 Appenidx A: 1871: The Ball Players' Who's Who Part 17 Appendix B: The Championship Game Part 18 Appendix C: 1871 National Association Standings and Team Statistics Part 19 Epilogue Part 20 Selected Bibliography Part 21 Index Part 22 About the Author
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-022463
Dewey Decimal
796.357/64
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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