A History of Early Baseball: Playing For Keeps : 1857-1876 by Warren Goldstein (HC/DJ)

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In A History of Early Baseball, historian Warren Goldstein goes back to the game's very beginnings and examines the critical period of its development: 1857 to 1876. Written in readable, colorful prose, and exhaustively researched, the book traces key developments in the sport--including the hot debates over particular rules of play; the emergence of "revolvers," players who move from club to club in search of better salries; the origins of the uniforms, statistics, set schedules, and admission prices; the rise of the Cincinnati Red Stockings (hailed as the first "all-professional" club); and the watershed founding of the National League in 1876. And there are familiar-sounding accounts of all-too-rowdy fans, intense club rivalries, and even organized baseball's first big betting scandal.

Fans of modern-day baseball--and those interested in the cultural landscape of nineteenth-century America--will find this work a rich history of baseball's earliest days.