David Arcidiacono

Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut

The Rise and Fall of the Middletown, New Haven and Hartford Clubs

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Produktbeschreibung

It's been more than a century since Connecticut had big league baseball, but in the 1870s, Middletown, Hartford, and New Haven fielded professional teams that competed at the highest level. By the end of the decade, when the state's final big league team, Mark Twain's beloved Hartford Dark Blues, left the National League, baseball's transition from amateur pastime to major league sport had been accomplished. And Connecticut had played a significant role in its development. The history of the Nutmeg State's three major league teams is described here in full, and the author thoughtfully examines their influence within the regional baseball scene.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780786436774
• ISBN-10: 0786436778
• Artikelnr.: 25605278

Autorenporträt

David Arcidiacono is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, publishing articles specializing in 19th-century baseball. He has been a featured speaker at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by William J. Ryczek     
Introduction     
1. Center of the Base Ball Universe     
2. The National Pastime     
3. The Nutmeg State     
4. Base Ball on the Brain     
5. The Professional Mutation     
6. The National Association     
7. Tricks of the Trade     
8. We Paid-We're In     
9. Welcome to the Big Leagues     
10. God Bless the Eckfords     
11. Three's a Crowd     
12. One Long Vacation     
13. The Charter Oak City     
14. Definitely Not Last     
15. Captain Bob     
16. The Elm City     
17. A Hard Rub     
18. Opposite Directions     
19. An Infernal Set of Asses     
20. First of Idiots     
21. Locked Up     
22. The National League     
23. Playing Baby     
24. Crooked Play?     
25. Bulkeley's Deal     
26. A New Home     
27. Connecticut Revival?     
Appendix A: The Players, by Team     
Appendix B: The Curious Case of Tommy Barlow     
Appendix C: Game Logs: 1874-1877     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index