{"product_id":"before-the-world-series-9780875803074","title":"Before the World Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the 1880s, baseball's popularity swelled, basic rules such as balls and strikes were being refined and entire leagues came and went. Bowman illustrates the growing pains of the sport, casting baseball's early championships as a lens through which to view late 19th century America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bowman's blending of narrative and anecdote is engaging, and his conclusions are thoughtful and intelligent. In telling the history of baseball's earliest experiment with postseason competition, he introduces the reader to many of the now-forgotten stars and journeymen of the 1880s.\"—Reed Browning, author of Cy Young: A Baseball Life\u003cbr\u003e \"A valuable study of early championship baseball.\"—Elysian Fields Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e  \"Clearly written, spiced with entertaining anecdotes, and full of useful background material... grounded in solid research in the periodical literature of the era.\"—Business History Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. The 1880s \u003cbr\u003e 2. Interleague Play \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Beginning \u003cbr\u003e 4. Chicago and St. Louis \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Browns and the Wolverines \u003cbr\u003e 6. The New York Giants \u003cbr\u003e 7. New York and Brooklyn \u003cbr\u003e 8. Brooklyn and Louisville \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Appendix \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406417994071,"sku":"9780875803074","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803074.jpg?v=1730495727","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/before-the-world-series-9780875803074","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}