The Battle of Base-Ball (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

C. H. Claudy

9780332028941: The Battle of Base-Ball (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0332028941 ISBN 13: 9780332028941

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from The Battle of Base-Ball

N 0 other game of any kind makes so universal an appeal in America. At any league park, on any playing day of the year, one can see a news boy, a bank president, a laborer, a society man, a street-car conductor, and a judge sitting side by side enjoying the same sport, with an equal full understanding of its complicated rules and plays.

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About the Author

C. H. Claudy was the author of 32 books and more than 1,600 essays and short stories. He freelanced for several newspapers and was a correspondent for Scientific American. His photographs of the early Wright brothers’ flights are now at the Smithsonian. The Battle of Base-ball was his only book on the national pastime.

Review

"One of the best but least-heralded developments in the recent history of baseball literature was the inauguration of the McFarland Historical Baseball Library in 2003"--I>Spitball; "[a] wonderful read for any fans of the game who want to understand [its] strategies in a new light."--Journal of Sport History; "invaluable McFarland Historical Baseball Library series"--Edward Achorn, The Providence Journal.

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