{"product_id":"9780812978704","title":"Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eVecsey, George\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModern Library\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything:  action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without  wasting a word.”—Lee Eisenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBaseball\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the great  bards of America’s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the sport, from its  pre-Republic roots to the present day. George Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the game,  illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and performs a marvelous feat: making a classic  story seem refreshingly new. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBaseball\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative of America’s can-do spirit,  in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and  rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die-hard unionist baseballers  such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted  avatars of the game’s big-money establishment. It’s a celebration of such underdogs  as a rag-armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure-handed fielder  named Curt Flood, both of whom flourished as true great men of history. But most  of all, \u003ci\u003eBaseball \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nation’s pastime  and the fans, who’ve remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black  athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing  drugs by some major stars. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecsey’s charm, \u003ci\u003eBaseball \u003c\/i\u003ebegs to be read in the span of a rain-delayed doubleheader, and so enjoyable that,  like a favorite team’s championship run, one hopes it never ends.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Vecsey possesses  a journalist’s eye for detail and a historian’s feel for the sweep of action. His  research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classic—a highly readable guide to America’s great enduring pastime.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Louisville Courier  Journal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374528954623,"sku":"9780812978704","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780812978704_s600x595.jpg?v=1775581905","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780812978704","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}