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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Morris |
| ISBN: | 9781566637480 1566637481 |
| OCLC Number: | 145379660 |
| Description: | viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Before the Knickerbockers -- The Knickerbockers' game becomes the New York game -- The New York game becomes America's game -- How the game was played -- Bats, balls, bases, and the playing field -- Customs and rituals -- Club life : the common threads that bound the players together, and the activities they shared -- Intercity competition and civic pride -- The Civil War : the end of an era, part one -- Competitiveness and professionalism, and what they wrought : the end of an era, part two -- The Cincinnati Base Ball Club and the Red Stockings -- Looking backward -- Moving forward : "muffin" ballplayers start a new tradition -- Appendix one. The Doubleday myth -- Appendix two. The Knickerbockers' original (1845) rules. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Morris. |
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