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The League That Lasted - 1876 and the Founding of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (Paperback)
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The League That Lasted - 1876 and the Founding of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (Paperback)
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In the early 1870s, baseball was chaos, mired in mismanagement and
corruption. William Hulbert, the owner of Chicago's National
Association team, believed that a league run efficiently with
honest competition would survive and flourish. Hulbert, relying on
his pragmatic philosophy of ""molasses now, vinegar later"" and
working with his prize recruit Albert Spalding, founded the
National League in 1876. That inaugural season of the National
League is chronicled in this heavily documented work. The league
fell far short of Hulbert's dreams in its first season, but he
stuck to his belief that integrity would win out in the end. He not
only prohibited Sunday baseball and the sale and consumption of
alcohol within the league's ballparks, but ousted two teams - New
York and Philadelphia - from the league because they failed to meet
their obligation to finish out the season. Despite the setbacks,
scandals, and considerable opposition, all of which are thoroughly
covered here, the National League survived its first year.
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