Now available in paperback, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour
Mills' Baseball: The Early Years recounts the true story of how
baseball came into being and how it developed into a highly
organized business and social institution. The Early Years, traces
the growth of baseball from the time of the first recorded ball
game at Valley Forge during the revolution until the formation of
the two present-day major leagues in 1903. By investigating
previously unknown sources, the book uncovers the real story of how
baseball evolved from a gentleman's amateur sport of "well-bred
play followed by well-laden banquet tables" into a professional
sport where big leagues operate under their own laws. Offering
countless anecdotes and a wealth of new information, the authors
explode many cherished myths, including the one which claims that
Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball in 1839. They describe the
influence of baseball on American business, manners, morals, social
institutions, and even show business, as well as depicting the
types of men who became the first professional ball players, club
owners, and managers, including Spalding, McGraw, Comiskey, and
Connie Mack. Note: On August 2, 2010, Oxford University Press made
public that it would credit Dorothy Seymour Mills as co-author of
the three baseball histories previously "authored" solely by her
late husband, Harold Seymour. The Seymours collaborated on
Baseball: The Early Years (1960), Baseball: The Golden Age (1971)
and Baseball: The People's Game (1991).
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