Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League

Nonfiction, Sports, Baseball, History
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Author: Tom Melville ISBN: 9780786450510
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Tom Melville
ISBN: 9780786450510
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business? Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really “save” baseball? These are three of the questions examined in this work about early baseball’s role in American culture. Beginning with an introduction to the sport as achievement and expression, the author takes a close look at the early demand in New York for “the best against the best” in baseball and argues that this demand was contradictory to society's equally persistent demand that displays of “the best against the best” be locally accessible. This work offers insights into how baseball operated in its early days, with special attention paid to the National Association and how the National League came into being.

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Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business? Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really “save” baseball? These are three of the questions examined in this work about early baseball’s role in American culture. Beginning with an introduction to the sport as achievement and expression, the author takes a close look at the early demand in New York for “the best against the best” in baseball and argues that this demand was contradictory to society's equally persistent demand that displays of “the best against the best” be locally accessible. This work offers insights into how baseball operated in its early days, with special attention paid to the National Association and how the National League came into being.

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