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The Early Years , Baseball: The Golden Age and Baseball: The People's Game Harold Seymour , Ph. Moreover, he knows baseball firsthand through experience as batboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers, high school PSAL and college player, organizer and field manager of amateur and semipro teams, and major-league bird dog. Dorothy Seymour Mills is the author or co-author of 25 books, including historical novels and children's books. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.

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Overview Description Author Information. Baseball The Early Years Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills These two critically-acclaimed volumes mark the beginning of a monumental multi-volume study of baseball by the man whom Sports Illustrated has called "the Edward Gibbon of baseball history. Thieves of Book Row McDade. Petersburg Times "Right off the bat, let me say that this history of baseball stands in a class by itself.

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Moreover, he knows baseball firsthand through experience as batboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers, high school PSAL and college player, organizer and field manager of amateur and semipro teams, and major-league bird dog. Dorothy Seymour Mills is the author or co-author of 25 books, including historical novels and children's books. Would you like to tell us about a lower price?

If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? Learn more about Amazon Prime. The Early Years recounts the true story of how baseball came into being and how it developed into a highly organized business and social institution. The Early Years , traces the growth of baseball from the time of the first recorded ball game at Valley Forge during the revolution until the formation of the two present-day major leagues in By investigating previously unknown sources, the book uncovers the real story of how baseball evolved from a gentleman's amateur sport of "well-bred play followed by well-laden banquet tables" into a professional sport where big leagues operate under their own laws.

Offering countless anecdotes and a wealth of new information, the authors explode many cherished myths, including the one which claims that Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball in They describe the influence of baseball on American business, manners, morals, social institutions, and even show business, as well as depicting the types of men who became the first professional ball players, club owners, and managers, including Spalding, McGraw, Comiskey, and Connie Mack.

On August 2, , Oxford University Press made public that it would credit Dorothy Seymour Mills as co-author of the three baseball histories previously "authored" solely by her late husband, Harold Seymour. The Seymours collaborated on Baseball: The Early Years , Baseball: The Golden Age and Baseball: The People's Game Read more Read less. Add all three to Cart Add all three to List. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers.

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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This is mostly a business history of the early days of baseball. Seymour does have three or four chapters on the games and players during the 19th century. But mostly he goes into great detail on the business aspects of how professional baseball came about. If you are looking for this then it should be right up your alley. I wish he had more about the players and games than he did. Such as, he mentioned of their being a "World Series" between the National League and American Association in the 's.

But other than a quick synopsis of how each series went that was all that was said. I would have liked some detail on the games and the reactions by the general public to them. He does have chapters of the games for the 's and 's.

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