Baseball

Baseball

A HIstory of America's Game

Rader, Benjamin G.

University of Illinois Press

04/2025

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Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1



The Fraternity and Its Game 5
A Commercial Spectacle 19
The First Professional Teams 30
The First Professional Leagues 42
The Players' Revolt 60
The Great Baseball War 78
Baseball's Coming of Age 91
The Big Fix 109
The Age of Ruth 123
The Age of Dynasties 136
Baseball's Great Experiment 155
The Last Days of the Old Game 171
Baseball in Trouble 188
The Empowerment of the Players 204
The Demise of Dynasties 221
The Steroid Era 238
Baseball's New Order 261
Baseball by the Numbers 277

Bibliographical Essay 295

Index 305
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Shohei Ohtani; pace-of-play; power pitchers; ghost runners; Astros; Statcast; analytics; growth; branding; philosophy; media; marketing; sports entertainment; Latin players; Asian players; fans and baseball; marketing and baseball; sports media and baseball; professionalism of baseball; early professional teams; dead ball era; National League; American League; Federal League; Negro leagues; labor and baseball; baseball strikes; baseball labor actions; Babe Ruth; paying players; players union; Marvin Miller; free agency; player owner strife; steroid era; use of analytics in baseball; television; cable television; cable contracts; player contracts; work stoppages; player salaries; cheating