The League That Lasted: 1876 and the Founding of the National League of Professional Base Ball ClubsMcFarland, 18 mai 2004 - 263 pagini In the early 1870s, baseball was chaos, mired in mismanagement and corruption. William Hulbert, the owner of Chicago's National Association team, believed that a league run efficiently with honest competition would survive and flourish. Hulbert, relying on his pragmatic philosophy of "molasses now, vinegar later" and working with his prize recruit Albert Spalding, founded the National League in 1876. That inaugural season of the National League is chronicled in this heavily documented work. The league fell far short of Hulbert's dreams in its first season, but he stuck to his belief that integrity would win out in the end. He not only prohibited Sunday baseball and the sale and consumption of alcohol within the league's ballparks, but ousted two teams--New York and Philadelphia--from the league because they failed to meet their obligation to finish out the season. Despite the setbacks, scandals, and considerable opposition, all of which are thoroughly covered here, the National League survived its first year. |
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Darkness Upon the Face of Baseball | 1 |
The Signing of The Four | 12 |
Creation | 21 |
Western Wooing | 33 |
All Quiet on the Eastern Front | 43 |
A Day Reserved for Groundhogs | 52 |
Press Reaction | 59 |
The Dickens with Great Expectations | 71 |
Happy Birthday America | 126 |
Innings 2 or 3 Days 1 Game | 133 |
Striving to Be Second | 140 |
No No | 143 |
Dog Days | 153 |
The Runs of August | 162 |
Summertime and the Livin Aint Easy | 175 |
Days Dwindling Down | 185 |
Picked Nines and the Pick of Nines | 83 |
The First Game | 92 |
May Days | 103 |
Baseball Bustin Out All Over | 116 |
Westward No The Mutes and As | 191 |
The Many Misters of October | 201 |
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