CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER A WORLD SPORT WITH AMERICAN ORIGINS 10 CHAPTER 2 PLAYING THE GAME 24 CHAPTER HISTORY OF THE GAME 43 CHAPTER 4 THE MODERN GAME WASH 56 CHAPTER 5 NoTABLE PLAYERS 66 CoNCLUSION GosSARY 86 88 For MORE INFORMATION BILIOGRAPHY 94 95 INDEX
NTRODUCTION hink about baseball for a moment What comes to mind Childhood experiences from Little League such as the thrill of sliding into home plate or the anguish of being tagged out on sec ond Staying up late to watch a game on TV with friends and family Going to see a game in person with the sharp shouts of souvenir vendors the crisp crack of the bat and the crowd's cheers and chants Around the world and especially for many in America there is a deep and emotional component to the game As former baseball commissioner A Bartlett Bart Giamatti said in his essay Green Fields of the Mind It breaks your heart It is designed to break your heart The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again and it blossoms in the summer filling the after noons and evenings and then as soon as the chill rains come it stops and leaves you to face the fall
Baseball and Its Greatest Players
Baseball captured the hearts of the American public when it first gained traction around the country in the mid-19th century.
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By: Michael Anderson
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