Baseball: An Illustrated History110 reviews Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns Knopf, 1996 The consummate set of videos about Baseball. + A tribute to baseball by Ken Burns and his team + Good, but not absolutely great + The best time capsule covering any sport history on video             Baseball: The Early Years (Oxford Paperbacks)5 reviews Harold Seymour, Dorothy Jane Mills Oxford University Press, USA, 1989 The archetype for any publication about baseball history. + The Old Ball Game + Great for anyone looking for the roots of the game!!! Aside from the most comprehensive view of early baseball, Harold Seymour provides incredible insight as he takes the reader through every vital detail about the game's heritage. For a book written 40 years ago, it shows the author's masterful foresight of what baseball would, and did, become. ...             Only the Ball Was White17 reviews Robert W. Peterson Gramercy, 1999 Oh, what a game. + Very Good Baseball History + Only the Ball Was White + A Monumental Journey Into The Forgotten History Of NLB + Wonderful Book             American Baseball: From the Gentleman's Sport to the Commissioner System (American Baseball Series)1 review David Voigt Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983 When it was fun!!!! A fascinating look at the birth of the national pastime. It is paticularly interesting in the way the author finds the roots of the game in the in the growth of (a la Weber) leisure time among the growing middle class during the mid to late 19th century. The volume also does a terrific job in ...             Sol White's History of Colored Baseball with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-19362 reviews Sol White Bison Books, 1996 Thank you, Cooperstown! + "To the players and managers of the past and present When author Sol White was among the 17 people who were selected this week by the Baseball Hall of Fame, I got curious about this book of his. Until now, few people have known of it. Presumably and hopefully, the Hall of Fame selection will change this. The book, originally published in 1907, was ...             The Era, 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World9 reviews Roger Kahn Bison Books, 2002 Johnny Podres, Joltin' Joe, Larry MacPhail, Jackie Robinson, The Mahatma, The Old Professor, Willie, Mickey, and The Duke + The Era + gift for my baseball fan husband + Fascinating, although idiosyncratic, look at one of baseball's great periods + Excellent book. Another strong effort from Kahn             Brushing Back Jim Crow: The Integration of Minor-League Baseball in the American South4 reviews Bruce Adelson University of Virginia Press, 1999 It's about time!! + Terrific Book! + A phenomenal account of the integration of Dixie's minors. + A compelling book, obviously very well researched.             Brooklyn Dodgers: An Informal History (Writing Baseball) Frank Graham Southern Illinois University Press, 2002 First published in 1945 as part of the acclaimed Putnam series of team histories, Frank Graham’s colorful chronicle presents the Brooklyn Dodgers in “all their glory and all their daffiness” from the team’s beginnings as the Atlantics in 1883 through 1943, with a short summary of the 1944 season. In his foreword, Hall of Fame sports writer Jack Lang writes ...             The Red Stockings of Cincinnati: Base Ball's First All-Professional Team and It's Historic 1869 and 1870 ... Stephen D. Guschov McFarland & Company, 1998 In early 1869, Harry Wright of the Cincinnati Base Ball Club made an announcement to the sporting press: The Red Stockings would be the first all-professional club in the history of the game. The outcry could be heard all over. Wright paid little heed and by the start of the season he had inked ten players to contracts, with salaries ranging from $600 to $1,400 annually. By June of 1870, the Red ...             When Women Played Hardball3 reviews Johnson Seal Press, 1994 Wonderful Read About Women Who Played Baseball + Great AAGPBL book + Probably the Best of AAGBPL Books I just read this book, and was surprised by how moved I was by the story of the history of women's baseball! The interviews with the former players were both humorous and touching, and framed an outstanding portrait of a unique, and practically forgotten, era. I hope a lot of young women read this ...             Where They Ain't: The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave ...15 reviews Burt Solomon Main Street Books, 2000 Bud Selig's Playbook + Good History of Early Baltimore Baseball + Great Book + One of the Best Baseball Books I've Read + The Fascinating World of Baseball--1890's Style             The Image of Their Greatness2 reviews Donald Honig Random House Value Publishing, 1988 Unbelievably thorough and still exiting all through + Dozens of rare photos highlight this history of baseball. This book gives you detailed and well written information of all the famous players and historical matches. Nevertheless it never gives you just boring statistics. It gives you essay style comments all the time. Learn more about the big stars and get the whole story. Read about Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth ...             Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-19083 reviews University of Nebraska Press, 1997 A fascinating compendium of articles about the early days. + Step Back in Time "Early Innings" is a fascinating compendium of 19th century baseball articles that allows the reader to sense what people of that era experienced as baseball etched its way into the national consciousness. It can serve as a tremendous resource for evaluating why and how the game gained the ...             The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It70 reviews Lawrence S. Ritter Harper Paperbacks, 1992 Baseball's Old Testament + Historical treasure + Greatest Sports Book Ever Written!!! + glory of their times + Superb Baseball History             Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties, Told by the Men Who Played It5 reviews Donald Honig Bison Books, 1993 A must-read for all who loved "The Glory of Their Times" + Eloquent Oral History + The Wonderful Stories of Baseball + Picks right up where Lawrence Ritter left off + A GOOD READ             The Baseball Timeline (DK American Original)12 reviews DK Publishing DK ADULT, 2001 Concise, fact-filled, illustrated + Great for next generation of baseball fans + A Baseball Almanac Source + The baseball timeline             The Game That Was: The George Brace Baseball Photo Collection3 reviews Richard Cahan, Mark Jacob Contemporary Books, 1996 A Landslide MVB (Most Valuable Book)! + Pictoral review of men who played for the love of the game! + Required reading for any true Baseball Fan! If this book's photographs represent only a fraction of Mr. Brace's total collection of negatives, then more should be rolling off the presses. Not only do they offer a great glimpse into a glorious past, the captions are equally superb. This is a work that's more than baseball: it's American ...             Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball4 reviews Warren Jay Goldstein Cornell University Press, 1991 Precise and to the point. + A walk, not a hit + Informative + Informative             The Grand Minor League - Paperback5 reviews Bobbins Duane Press, 1999 REAL baseball giants and the mysterious Mr. Lindell + Grand Minor League truly is Grand! + The Grand Minor League + the grand minor league + Another outstanding effort by Dick Dobbins!             Baseball : From the Archives of The Sporting News2 reviews McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, 2001 Fantastic + Great book from the best in sports! This book chronicles the history of baseball in the 20th century as seen through the momentous archives of The Sporting news, the baseball weekly that has seemingly been around almost since the beginning of professional baseball. Numerous photos, cartoons, articles, and features detail the sport's ...