Who Invented the Game?: Baseball, The American Epic by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns (HC/DJ)

The story has been told for generations that one summer day in 1839, in upstate New York, Abner Doubleday created a new set of rules for a new game which he called baseball. But the story simply isn't true. Then how did baseball begin? Who played the first real game? The first night game? Who invented the curveball? Why were players once reluctant to use gloves & masks? Why is the pitcher's mound precisely 60 feet 6 inches from home plate? How did baseball evolve from a leisurely pastime into a billion-dollar industry? You ll find the surprising answers to these & many others questions in this highly readable history of the great American game. Based on the PBS TV documentary by Ken Burns. More than 70 dramatic photos.