Major League Baseball In Gilded Age Connecticut

Author : David Arcidiacono
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786436774

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Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut by David Arcidiacono Pdf

It's been more than a century since Connecticut had big league baseball, but in the 1870s, Middletown, Hartford, and New Haven fielded professional teams that competed at the highest level. By the end of the decade, when the state's final big league team, Mark Twain's beloved Hartford Dark Blues, left the National League, baseball's transition from amateur pastime to major league sport had been accomplished. And Connecticut had played a significant role in its development. The history of the Nutmeg State's three major league teams is described here in full, and the author thoughtfully examines their influence within the regional baseball scene.

Author : Stephen Robert Katz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476680378

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Candy Cummings by Stephen Robert Katz Pdf

One of the greatest pitchers of his era, William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was born in 1848, when baseball was in its infancy. In the 1870s, Candy's invention, the curveball, played a transformative role and earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Drawing on extensive research, this first full-length biography traces Candy's New England heritage and chronicles his rise to the top, from pitching for amateur teams in mid-1860s Brooklyn to playing in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players--the first major league--and then the newly-formed National League. A critical examination of the evidence and competing claims reveals that Cummings was, indeed, the originator of the curveball.

Author : Paul Batesel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786490769

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Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871-1875 by Paul Batesel Pdf

This reference work is in two parts. The first is a biographical dictionary of the 325 men who played in the National Association between 1871 and 1875, with their playing record, together with what we know of their other baseball experience and their lives beyond baseball. The book also contains a dictionary of the 25 clubs who participated in the league, showing their history, their management, their uniforms and logos, their home grounds, and their performance in the league. About 150 player photographs are included and each club entry has two or three supporting images (18 are historical maps). Bibliography and index.

Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118609408

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A Companion to American Sport History by Steven A. Riess Pdf

A Companion to American Sport History presents acollection of original essays that represent the firstcomprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing fieldof American sport history. Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarshiprelating to the academic history of American sport Features contributions from many of the finest scholars workingin the field of American sport history Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonialtimes to the present day, including major sports such as baseball,football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and trackand field Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization,technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sportsbiography Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)

Author : Peter Morris,William J. Ryczek,Jan Finkel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786490011

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Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870 by Peter Morris,William J. Ryczek,Jan Finkel Pdf

By 1871, the popularity of baseball had spread so thoroughly across America that one writer observed, "It is as much our national game as cricket is that of the English." While major league teams and athletes that played after this prophetic statement was made have been exhaustively documented and analyzed, those that led the game during its pioneer phase from 1850 to 1870 have received relatively little attention. In this welcome work, leading historians of early baseball provide profiles of more than fifty clubs and their players, from legendary teams such as the Red Stockings of Cincinnati and the Nationals of Washington to forgotten nines like the Pecatonica (Illinois) Base Ball Club and the Morning Star Club of St. Louis. Engaging narratives bring these long-ago clubs back to life, stimulating more research on this fascinating era and creating a standard reference source for all who study America's national pastime.

Author : Ed Edmonds,Frank G. Houdek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476629063

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Baseball Meets the Law by Ed Edmonds,Frank G. Houdek Pdf

Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days. In 1791, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ordinance prohibited ball playing near the town’s meeting house. Ball games on Sundays were barred by a Pennsylvania statute in 1794. In 2015, a federal court held that baseball’s exemption from antitrust laws applied to franchise relocations. Another court overturned the conviction of Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice. A third denied a request by rooftop entrepreneurs to enjoin the construction of a massive video screen at Wrigley Field. This exhaustive chronology traces the effects the law has had on the national pastime, both pro and con, on and off the field, from the use of copyright to protect not only equipment but also “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” to frequent litigation between players and owners over contracts and the reserve clause. The stories of lawyers like Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Branch Rickey are entertainingly instructive.

Author : Michael A. McCann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190465957

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The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law by Michael A. McCann Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law takes the reader through the most important controversies and critical developments in law and U.S. sports. Over the course of 30 chapters, leading scholars explore this expanding and captivating area of law. The Handbook is the first book to gather dozens of perspectives on sports law controversies in the United States, and will be of interest to those who study and practice sports law, as well as journalists, broadcasters, and legally minded sports fans. The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law incorporates analysis of key historical events in sports law-such as the rise of free agency in professional sports and the concept of amateurism for college athletes-and their broader context. Contemporary legal controversies in U.S. sports and their accompanying questions are also of central importance: In a sensible legal system, how would long-term neurological injuries from contact sports be addressed? How would the use of racially insensitive team names be resolved? How would a seemingly trivial dispute over air pressure in footballs be studied from the competing perspectives of players, teams, and leagues? The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law weighs not just the facts, but how courts and lawmakers ought to consider the most important questions at stake. The essays in this volume also canvass the types of legal controversies in sports likely to surface in the future. This is particularly true of law and technology matters, including those related to broadcasting and streaming. Legal doctrine has been and will continue to be forced to adapt to these developments, and the Handbook both forecasts coming debates and outlines where the law may be headed.

Author : Brad Austin,Pamela Grundy
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780299321246

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Teaching U.S. History Through Sports by Brad Austin,Pamela Grundy Pdf

For teachers at the college and high school levels, this volume provides cutting-edge research and practical strategies for incorporating sports into the U.S. history classroom.

Author : John P. Rossi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781538102893

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Baseball and American Culture by John P. Rossi Pdf

For more than a hundred years, baseball has been woven into the American way of life. By the time they reach high school, children have learned about the struggles and triumphs of players like Jackie Robinson. Generations of family members often gather together to watch their favorite athletes in stadiums or on TV. Famous players like Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, Cal Ripken, and Derek Jeter have shown their athletic prowess on the field and captured the hearts of millions of fans, while the sport itself has influenced American culture like no other athletic endeavor. In Baseball and American Culture: A History, John P. Rossi builds on the research and writing of four generations of baseball historians. Tracing the intimate connections between developments in baseball and changes in American society, Rossi examines a number of topics including: the spread of the sport from the North to the South during the Civil War the impact on the sport during the Depression and World War II baseball’s expansion in the post-war years the role of baseball in the Civil Rights movement the sport’s evolution during the modern era Complimented by supplementary readings and discussion questions linked to each chapter, this book pays special attention to the ways in which baseball has influenced American culture and values. Baseball and American Culture is the ultimate resource for students, scholars, and fans interested in how this classic sport has helped shape the nation.

Author : John Thorn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476621951

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Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 2012) by John Thorn Pdf

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.

Author : Harvey Frommer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781630760076

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Old Time Baseball by Harvey Frommer Pdf

In this delightful history of the sport, Frommer captures the flavor, smell, and craziness of the early days of baseball. Starting with its invention in 1842 by the descendant of a British sea captain (and not Abner Doubleday), Frommer traces the development of the sport from the first games on a vacant lot at 27th and Madison in New York to the turn of the century, when the National League was emerging as the preeminent forum for truly professional baseball.

Author : Leonard C. Schlup,James Gilbert Ryan
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic reference sources
ISBN : 0765621061

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Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age by Leonard C. Schlup,James Gilbert Ryan Pdf

Covers all the people, events, movements, subjects, court cases, inventions, and more that defined the Gilded Age.

Author : John Thorn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617480

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Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game, Vol. 8 by John Thorn Pdf

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.

Author : Gail B. MacDonald
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467119832

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Morton F. Plant and the Connecticut Shoreline: Philanthropy in the Gilded Age by Gail B. MacDonald Pdf

Gilded Age financier Morton F. Plant inherited his father's transportation empire determined to improve his community. A dreamer eager to invest in innovative technology and grass-roots community causes alike, Plant's influence ran deep on the Connecticut shoreline prior to World War I, and his legacy remains prominent. Plant's summer mansion, Branford House, is one of southeastern Connecticut's iconic landmarks. He was instrumental in founding the prestigious Connecticut College. And the Shennecossett Golf Club he developed as part of his summer resort is a popular public course. Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald brings to life this important figure in Connecticut history and demonstrates his long-reaching impact.

Author : Joel Zoss,John Stewart Bowman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 0886651182

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History of Major League Baseball by Joel Zoss,John Stewart Bowman Pdf