Baseball on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 1866-1950

Marty Payne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

259 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476692180 (ISBN)

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By 1900 Maryland's Eastern Shore, along the western side of the Delmarva Peninsula, was acknowledged in the national press as a hotbed of baseball activity. By the 1920s the game was fully ingrained into local community life, central to the summer social season among the towns and villages that measured their worth by the quality of their teams.

Providing fresh insight into early 20th century baseball at its grassroots, this book explores the Chesapeake Bay region as a case study for the enthusiasm (and hubris) the game brought to rural American life, in context with national trends and influences.

Marty Payne lives and writes from his home in St. Michaels, Maryland. His writings have appeared in local and national publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I—Frost Out of the Hands

1. Before the Shore

2. The First Pitch

3. Baseball Prevails

4. Grass in the Springtime

5. The Bushes Blossom

6. For the Almighty Dollar

7. End of an Era

Part II—The Baby Loop

8. No Town Too Small

9. The Eyes of Landis

10. Umpire Uprising

11. Chaos

12. Promise Kept

13. Transition

Part III—Heyday

14. Another League

15. Wonder Club

16. Secret Deal

17. Fog, Tomatoes, and Rabbits

18. Be Careful What You Wish For

Part IV—G.I. Jitters

19. Will Greenville Yield?

20. Watermelon, Skunks, and More Tomatoes

21. And Take Your Batboy with You

Afterword

Appendix A: Selected Biographical Sketches

Appendix B: Players and Umpires

Appendix C: Eastern Shore League Standings, 1922–1949

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2023
Zusatzinfo	37 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781476692180 / 9781476692180
Zustand	Neuware