When Johnny Came Sliding Home

The Post-Civil War Baseball Boom, 1865-1870

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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As the Civil War ended, the thoughts of many Northern soldiers turned to a game that some had learned about for the first time during the war--baseball. Their newfound interest in the sport, combined with the postwar economic boom and the resultant growth of many cities, took the game from one practiced by a few amateur clubs in New York City before the war to a professional sport covering almost the entire northeastern United States.Researched from primary sources, the game of the late 1860s is described season-by-season: the fields, the crowds, the strategy, the rules, the style of play, and the confusing struggles to crown a national champion, with all the chicanery and machinations of the contenders. Such landmark events as the Washington Nationals' pioneering 1867 tour and the Cincinnati Red Stockings' undefeated 1869 season are covered.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-07-19
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor323
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786427574

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1 Taunting on the Old Ball Ground: August 23, 1860 2 Keep Your Eye on the Ball: Origins of Baseball 3 When Johnny Came Marching Home 4 The Ladies They Will All Turn Out 5 Playing the Points 6 The Only Game in Town 7 Now We’re Off 8 Wansley and McKeever 9 A Country Club 10 A Riot in Philadelphia 11 Separate and Unequal 12 Farewell, New York 13 Every Man a King 14 When We Went Westward Ho 15 The Unions Forever 16 The Father of the Game and His Prodigal Sons 17 They All Went Westward Ho 18 The Gold Ball 19 Open Professionalism 20 The Red Stockings 21 The Glorious Season 22 The Gold Ball, Part Two 23 The Eighteen Thousand Dollar Nine 24 Though Beaten, Not Disgraced 25 Another Championship Squabble 26 Disgraced 27 Grand Central Hotel Appendix A: Team Rosters Appendix B: Methods of Compensation, 1870 Appendix C: Records of Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Atlantics Appendix D: Results from Noteworthy Tours Notes Bibliography Index

“interesting...extremely rich”—Choice; “superb”—Sports Collectors Digest; “a must read for everyone who hopes to understand the transformation of top-rank baseball from amateur obsession to professional sport, and a must own for everyone researching the game’s early history and development. With over a thousand citations to contemporary sources Ryczek’s new book is far and away the most deeply researched account of the game’s immediate post–Civil War years...not only a crucial text for students of early baseball, but one of the best books of baseball history written to date”—Nineteenth Century Notes; “important...thorough and well-researched...extensive bibliography”—HaroldSeymour.com.