How baseball got its start in Illinois, Books

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How baseball evolved with shocking speed from a casual folk game into a serious adult activity, an instrument of national unification and then a national entertainment industry. How baseball evolved with shocking speed from a casual folk game into a serious adult activity, an instrument of national unification and then a national entertainment industry.

How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! the True Story Revealed [Book]

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The story of Shoeless Joe Jackson

Baseball in Old Chicago: : Books

How baseball got its start in Illinois, Books

Baseball: A History of America's Game (Illinois History of Sports

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Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History

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Baseball’s spread across Illinois paralleled the sport’s explosive growth in other parts of the country. Robert D. Sampson taps a wealth of archival research to transport readers to an era when an epidemic of “base ball on the brain” raged from Alton to Woodstock. Focusing on the years 1865 to 1869, Sampson offers a vivid portrait of a game where local teams and civic ambition went hand in hand and teams of paid professionals displaced gentlemen’s clubs devoted to sporting fair play.

Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois [Book]