BASEBALL: A History of America's Game

Rader, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 0252063953 / ISBN 13: 9780252063954

Published by Univ. Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BASEBALL: A History of America's Game
• Publisher: Univ. Illinois Press, Urbana, IL
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252063953
• ISBN 13: 9780252063954
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports & Pastimes

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Synopsis

In this second edition of his lively, compact history of America's game - widely recognized as the best of its kind - Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on baseball in the 1990s: the building of retroparks, the return of the Yankees, the dizzying race for new home-run records, and other topics.

Book Description

In this third edition of his lively history of America's game--widely recognized as the best of its kind--Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope to include commentary on Major League Baseball through the 2006 season: record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.