Constructing Baseball: Boston and the First World Series

Posted: 12 May 2012

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Roger Ian Abrams

Northeastern University - School of Law

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

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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