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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. v |
Preface | p. 1 |
Prologue: Reliving the Past | p. 7 |
No Rounders! | p. 15 |
If Not Doubleday, What About Cartwright? If Not Cartwright, What About Adams? Or Wheaton? | p. 28 |
What About Rounders? What About Old Cat? | p. 37 |
The Jolly Old Knickerbockers, 1845-1856 | p. 43 |
The Base Ball Club | p. 53 |
The Transition Years, 1857-1859 | p. 67 |
Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Other Antebellum Sports | p. 83 |
Why Not Cricket? | p. 101 |
The Southern Front: Sporting Life in Antebellum New Orleans | p. 109 |
Baseball in Philadelphia | p. 114 |
The Massachusetts Game | p. 127 |
Year of the Excelsiors, 1860 | p. 134 |
Abner Doubleday Invents the Civil War, 1861 | p. 151 |
The Sporting and Not So Sporting Press | p. 163 |
The Manly Fly Game vs. the Boyish Bound Rule and the Fair Pitch vs. the Jerk | p. 174 |
The Eckfords Take the Championship, 1862-1863 | p. 185 |
The Evils of Championship Play, 1864 | p. 199 |
The Road to Professionalism | p. 208 |
Letter from Frank Pidgeon of Eckfords re: Professionalism | p. 213 |
Rules and Regulations of Base Ball as Adopted by the Convention of Base Ball Clubs Held February 25, 1857 | p. 215 |
Location of Grounds | p. 218 |
Extended Box Score, Brooklyn-Philadelphia, 1862 | p. 221 |
Records of Top Teams, 1857-1864 | p. 223 |
Knickerbocker Rules, September 23, 1845 | p. 224 |
Knickerbocker Matches with Other Clubs | p. 226 |
Chapter Notes | p. 235 |
Bibliography | p. 253 |
Index | p. 257 |
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