This volume is a history of baseball. The 400 pictures feature well-known stars and lesser-known owners and promoters who were largely responsible for establishing and maintaining the game as America's pastime.
Voigt explores the historical origins of baseball from stick-and-ball games, through the popular players, significant rules changes, and seedy business practices of the final years of the 19th century, years that were crucial to the formation of baseball as it is played today.
