Our Game
An American Baseball History
Charles C. Alexander
- This
- entertaining
- history
- blends
- anecdote,
- incident,
- and
- analysis
- as
- it
- chronicles
- the
- story
- of
- our
- national
- pastime.Charles
- C.
- Alexander
- covers
- the
- advent
- of
- the
- first
- professional
- baseball
- leagues,
- the
- game's
- surge
- in
- the
- early
- twentieth
- century,
- the
- Golden
- Twenties
- and
- the
- Gray
- Thirties,
- the
- breaking
- of
- the
- color
- line
- in
- the
- late
- forties,
- and
- the
- game's
- expansion
- to
- its
- current
- status
- as
- a
- premier
- team
- sport.
- He
- describes
- changing
- playing
- styles
- and
- outstanding
- teams
- and
- personalities
- but
- also
- demonstrates
- the
- many
- connections
- between
- baseball--as
- game,
- sport,
- and
- business--and
- the
- evolution
- of
- tastes,
- values,
- and
- institutions
- in
- the
- United States.
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