Doubleheaders

Charlie Bevis, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is a retired adjunct professor of English at Rivier University. He has written for Nine, The Cooperstown Symposium, The National Pastime and Base Ball, and is the author of several baseball books. He lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

• Table of ContentsPreface 1 deleteThe First Doubleheader2 deleteHoliday Two-Game Sets3 deleteEmergence of the Doubleheader4 deleteLure of the Doubleheader5 deleteEarly Holiday Doubleheaders6 deleteFirst Sunday Doubleheaders7 deleteTinkering with Doubleheaders8 deleteExpansion of the Holiday Doubleheader9 deleteMaturity of Doubleheaders10 deleteScheduled Sunday Doubleheaders 11 deleteSwing-Shift and Other Wartime Doubleheaders12 deleteTwi-Night and Day-Night Doubleheaders13 deleteDecline of the Doubleheader14 delete“Let’s Play Two”15 deleteExtinction of the Scheduled DoubleheaderAppendix A: Doubleheader Milestones Appendix B: Doubleheader Records Appendix C: Doubleheaders by YearChapter Notes Bibliography Index

“Bevis takes the reader on a nostalgic journey and provides a reminder of what the paying customer has lost. A most enlightening and welcome work”—Spitball; “Bevis is a thorough and thoughtful scholar”—Nine.