Baseball: The Golden Age: The Golden Years: The Golden Age Vol 2 (Oxford Paperbacks)

Baseball: The Golden Age: The Golden Years: The Golden Age Vol 2 (Oxford Paperbacks)

by HaroldSeymour (Author)

Synopsis

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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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 502
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 04 Jan 1990

ISBN 10: 0195059131
ISBN 13: 9780195059137

Media Reviews

Seymour's books remain the most entertaining and informative histories about baseball's position in American culture. --H. Gehrig Coleman, University of Texas


Author Bio
Harold Seymour is a historian and free-lance writer