Nineteenth Century Stars - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0910137358 ISBN 13 : 9780910137355

Editeur : Society for American Baseball Research, 1989

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With almost 150 years of baseball history, the stories of many players from before 1900 were long obscured. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) first attempted to remedy this in 1989 by publishing a collection of 136 fascinating biographies of talented late-1800s players. Twenty-three years later, "Nineteenth Century Stars" has been updated with revised stats and re-released in both a new paperback and in ebook form. Baseball didn't begin as the strictly professional business it is today. Back in the late 1800s, the game changed rapidly: rules, teams, and even leagues varied wildly from year to year. From that primordial soup of competition, camaraderie, and commerce rose the game as we know it. "Nineteenth Century Stars" collects the biographies of 136 men from baseball's early era, the players and club members who played and shaped the game pre-1900. While some stars of the era have "name recognition" and inclusion in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, most would be unknown to modern baseball fans were it not for this book. Alongside Louis Sockalexis, Dummy Hoy, and Alfred Reach are the tales of Icebox Chamberlain, Lipman Pike, and Toad Ramsey. The photographs may be black and white, but the life stories can be quite colorful. These men were more than just baseball players: some owned businesses, others were doctors, one became an evangelist (and a few even became murderers). Nineteenth Century Stars is a labor of SABR's Nineteenth Century Committee. Founded in 1983, the committee first released the book in 1989. Since then, both SABR and the committee have grown more than ten-fold, and interest in baseball's origins has increased. Many wonderful new books on the era are appearing, but Nineteenth Century Stars remains one of the founding works of the nineteenth century baseball canon, including the works of many writers, including Robert L. Tiemann, Mark Rucker, John Thorn, Joseph M. Overfield, Paul Adomites, Richard Puff, and L. Robert Davids.

Biographie de l'auteur

The Society for American Baseball Research is the leading organization of baseball researchers, historians, and analysts. With over 5000 members worldwide, SABR fosters understanding of the game of baseball at every level and from every angle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Society for American Baseball Research
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0910137358
• ISBN 13: 9780910137355
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Éditeur: Rucker Mark, Tiemann Robert L
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