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.
- ISBN10 1283655764
- ISBN13 9781283655767
- Publish Date 1 January 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Taylor Trade Publishing
- Format eBook
- Pages 220
- Language English