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A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life. This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is also a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Sports & outdoor recreation Ball games

• Full title: A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball
• Subtitle: The Promise of American Sport
• Author: Peter Levine
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198
• EAN: 9780195042207
• ISBN: 0195042204
• ID: 04512401
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 284 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 13 mm

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