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Title:

Play it again : baseball experts on what might have been / edited by Jim Bresnahan ; foreword by Pete Palmer.

Publisher:

McFarland,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Baseball--United States--History.
Baseball teams--United States.--History.

Other Authors:

Bresnahan, James C., 1958-
Palmer, Pete,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240) and index.

Contents:

He panel of baseball experts -- Beginnings: 1869-1900 -- Deadball days: 1901-1918 -- Between the wars: 1919-1941 -- Careers lost, teams lost: 1942-1959 -- Decade of growth: 1960-1969 -- A whole new ballgame: 1970-1979 -- Strikes and errors: 1980-2003 -- Appendix: Surveying the experts.

Summary:

"The history of baseball from 1869 to the controversial 2003 playoffs is literally rewritten in this compilation of fantasy scenarios. Chapters explore this fantasy history of baseball by eras, such as the beginning of the game as a professional sport, the deadball era, war years, growth years, the modern game and its most recent decades"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780786425464
0786425466

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69027808

LCCN:

2006015609

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)