Baseball

The Golden Age

By: Harold Seymour

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Paperback | 1 July 1989

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In Baseball: The Golden Age, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills explore the glorious era when the game truly captured the American imagination, with such legendary figures as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in the spotlight.

Beginning with the formation of the two major leagues in 1903, when baseball officially entered its "golden age" of popularity, the authors examine the changes in the organization of professional baseball--from an unwieldy three-man commission to the strong one-man rule of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. They depicts how the play on the field shifted from the low-scoring, pitcher-dominated game of the "dead ball" era before World War I to the higher scoring of the 1920's "lively ball" era, with emphasis on home runs, best exemplified by the exploits of Babe Ruth.

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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"Seymour's books remain the most entertaining and informative histories about baseball's position in American culture."--H. Gehrig Coleman, University of Texas Praise for Volume II: "Will grip every American who has invested part of his youth and dreams in the sport, and it will inform everyone else who is interested in an American phenomenon as native as apple pie."--The New York Times "Noteworthy for its thoroughness and for the way its author relates the sport to American life....Seymour has an eye for humorous detail."--Publishers Weekly "[A] splendidly researched baseball history."--Business Week "Sports historians will welcome [this volume] as a contribution to our growing knowledge of American baseball."--Journal of American History "With devastating documentation [Seymour] portrays the contrast between the beauty of the game on the field and widespread dishonesty off it."--The New Republic

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Published: 24th June 2002

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Preface to the 1989 Edition	p. v
Preface	p. vii
The Rule of the Triumvirs	p. 1
The National Commission	p. 3
Politics and Partisans	p. 19
The Components of Profit	p. 38
The Magnates at Work	p. 49
Heroes and Heroics	p. 73
The Making of a Hero	p. 75
A Hero's Life	p. 97
A Ball is a Ball is a Ball	p. 122
Stabs and Galaxies	p. 143
A Trying Time	p. 167
The Seeds of Union	p. 169
Federal League Challenge	p. 196
Peace Restored	p. 214
From Old War to New	p. 235
The Tarnished Image	p. 257
Downfall of the National Commission	p. 259
Warning Shadows	p. 274
Baseball's Darkest Hour	p. 294
An Elected Czar	p. 311
Acquitted but Still Condemned	p. 324
The Czarist Regime	p. 341
Hallmarks of a New Era	p. 343
Residue of Scandal	p. 367
Minors and Farmers	p. 400
Enter a Sultan	p. 423
Some Other Notables	p. 434
Appendix	p. 461
Bibliographical Note	p. 465
Index	p. 473
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