When Johnny Came Sliding Home
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: William J. Ryczek
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-01-01 - Publisher: McFarland

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As the Civil War ended, the thoughts of many Northern soldiers turned to a game that some had learned about for the first time during the war--baseball. Their n
Blackguards and Red Stockings
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: William J. Ryczek
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-05 - Publisher: McFarland

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It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateur clubs that mad
Before the Ivy
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Laurent Pernot
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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All Cub fans know from heartbreak and curse-toting goats. Fewer know that, prior to moving to the north side in 1916, the team fielded powerhouse nines that reg
The Irish and the Making of American Sport, 1835-1920
Language: en
Pages: 479
Authors: Patrick R. Redmond
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-07 - Publisher: McFarland

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Jerrold Casway coined the phrase "The Emerald Age of Baseball" to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams' rosters. But one can easily agre
Baseball Fever
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Peter Morris
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-03-03 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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This detailed history of early baseball in rural Michigan focuses on the evolution of America's pastime from child's game to organized sport and challenges the