Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut
Download or Read eBook Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut PDF written by David Arcidiacono and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : David Arcidiacono |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 269 |
| Release | : 2009-12-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780786436774 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0786436778 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut by : David Arcidiacono
Book excerpt: 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.
