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001			on1142892152
003			OCoLC
005			20200922150702.0
008			200424s2020 mauao e b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020019007
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ _dOCLCF _dOI6 _dNFG
020			_a9781567926774 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1567926770 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1142892152
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
092			_a796.357 _bG466
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aGilbert, Thomas W., _eauthor. _934397
245	1	0	_aHow baseball happened : _boutrageous lies exposed! the true story revealed / _cThomas W. Gilbert ; with an introduction by John Thorn.
263			_a2009
264		1	_aBoston, MA : _bDavid R. Godine, Publisher, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a381 pages : _billustrations, photographs ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Here's the fascinating origin story of baseball, where America's first sport came from and how it conquered a nation. Baseball's true founders were the thousands of amateurs -- ordinary people -- who played without gloves, facemasks or performance incentives in the middle decades of the 19th century. Unlike today's pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They practiced professions, built businesses and fought in the Civil War. Baseball was originally supposed to be played, not watched. This changed when crowds began to show up at games in Brooklyn in the late 1850s. We fans weren't invited to the party; we crashed it. Professionalism wasn't part of the plan either, but when an 1858 Brooklyn versus New York City series accidentally proved that people would pay to see baseball, the writing was on the outfield wall. When the first professional league was formed in 1871, baseball was already a fully formed modern sport with championships, media coverage and famous stars. Professional baseball invented itself, but not the sport of baseball. Baseball's amazing amateurs had already done that. If you love history and sports, you'll love their story"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aBaseball _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. _9252343
650		0	_aBaseball _xEconomic aspects _zUnited States. _967594
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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