Constructing Baseball: Boston and the First World Series
Posted: 12 May 2012
Date Written: 2002
Abstract
This article explores the establishment of the American national pastime, baseball. Originally an outgrowth of bat-and-ball games going back centuries, the American game of “base ball” was created by urban white-collar workers in east coast cities during the 1840s. After a period of amateur play, by the late 1860s baseball had become a professional entertainment played first by traveling clubs and then, in 1876, by the new National League. As this article explains, baseball reflects much of American culture and society.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Abrams, Roger Ian, Constructing Baseball: Boston and the First World Series (2002). Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 1597-1608, May 2002, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2056304
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