How Baseball Happened

How Baseball HappenedAuthor: Thomas W. Gilbert ISBN: 9781567927238 Publisher: David R. Godine Publishers Year first published: 12 Jul 2022 Pages: 384 Format: Paperback softback "A brilliant new approach to our game and its author tells a hundred stories you haven't heard before. It is my honor to invite you to enter into his world." John Thorn, Official Historian, Major League BaseballHere's the fascinating origin story of baseball, where America's first sport came from

a scholar-activist

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