HOW THE NATIONAL PASTIME PARALLELED US HISTORYBASEBALL The New York Game is a must-read to understand how the game paralleled US history. The book includes many watershed moments that illustrate the importance of baseball during many crises and global conflicts.
BASEBALL The New York Game begins in the late 18th century and then delves into the 19th and the 20th centuries, exploring how our society developed and the game of baseball grew along with it.
You'll learn:
- How the game grew through the post-revolutionary war period through commercialization, industrialization, and urbanization.
- How the rules of baseball, laid down in 1845 (many of which are still part of today's game), became the bedrock of the game.
- How the game expanded through Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and the Civil War period, to become the "National Pastime" by the mid-19th century.
- How gambling, which escalated into corruption, played an important part in the early stages of its development.
- How baseball during the Reconstruction Era helped unify the country, but it opened the door to segregation.
- How baseball magnates paralleled the "robber barons" during the Progressive Era, and how Tammany Hall, the most corrupt political organization in New York City history, played an important part as the game moved into the 20th century.
- How World Wars I and II tested the resilience of the game.
- How dramatically, in the aftermath of the attacks on our nation on 9/11, brought the development of the game into the 21st century.
What are people saying about BASEBALL The New York Game: "If the history of the United States since the early 19th century is a quilt, then the game of baseball would be the thread that runs throughout the fabric. Much of the ebb and flow of America is mirrored by those of the great game."
- Michael Kay
"I invite you to take Tony's latest and greatest tour by reading his wonderful history lesson Baseball The New York Game."
- Bernie Williams
"Former tour director, Tony Morante always had a passion for the early days of New York City baseball. Buckle up!!"
- Marty Appel
"Tony Morante illustrates how baseball, the perfect game, became the background music of America in our dream repository.
- Ed Randall
