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Baseball: A History of America's Game
Written by Benjamin G. Rader
Narrated by Joe Barrett
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A succinct history of baseball, newly revised and updated. In this third edition of his lively history of America's game, widely recognized as the best of its kind, Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope, covering record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Great book with lots of information on the history. I found the beginning hard to follow and there was a lot of detail that I found I tuned out and then got lost when I heard something that interested me. Similar level of detail to "Attack of the Clones" - it's important but there's a lot. That said, great on the modern era, though the 1920s to the present felt rushed.