Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century

Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9781476629629
ISBN-13 : 1476629625
Rating : 4/5 (625 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century by : Eddie Mitchell

Download or read book Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century written by Eddie Mitchell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy--spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in order to have the game called due to darkness was also acceptable. And drinking before a game was perhaps expected. Providing brief bios of dozens of players, managers, umpires and owners, this book chronicles some of the flamboyant, unruly and occasionally criminal behavior of baseball's early years.


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