Description
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.
Author: Eddie Mitchell
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 07/19/2018
Pages: 233
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781476664873
ISBN10: 1476664870
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
About the Author
Eddie Mitchell has been a baseball fan for 63 years. Upon retirement he took up his passion by being an assistant high school coach for 12 years, helping to win four state championships. He lives in Portsmouth, Virginia.