Baseball

A HIstory of America's Game

Benjamin G. Rader

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University of Illinois Press
08 April 2025

Baseball

Series: Sport and Society

Analytics, technology, and the most ambitious rewrite of the rulebook in fifty years have reshaped baseball. Benjamin G. Rader’s account of the American pastime moves from diamonds scratched out of commons and corn fields to the multimedia theme parks doubling as today’s baseball stadiums. The fifth edition follows the long arc of the game’s history into the third decade of the twenty-first century, an era rich in innovation but even richer from revenue streams undreamt-of by the plutocrats of old. Rader brings readers up to date with looks at the Astros cheating scandal, on-the-field changes from power pitchers to ghost runners, data-driven player development and career rebirth, and the one-of-a-kind Shohei Ohtani.

Engrossing and complete, Baseball, Fifth Edition, offers a comprehensive tour of the game and its place within American society and culture.

By: Benjamin G. Rader
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Fifth Edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780252088803
ISBN 10: 0252088808
Series: Sport and Society
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 08 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 The Fraternity and Its Game 5 A Commercial Spectacle 19 The First Professional Teams 30 The First Professional Leagues 42 The Players’ Revolt 60 The Great Baseball War 78 Baseball’s Coming of Age 91 The Big Fix 109 The Age of Ruth 123 The Age of Dynasties 136 Baseball’s Great Experiment 155 The Last Days of the Old Game 171 Baseball in Trouble 188 The Empowerment of the Players 204 The Demise of Dynasties 221 The Steroid Era 238 Baseball’s New Order 261 Baseball by the Numbers 277 Bibliographical Essay 295 Index 305

Benjamin G. Rader is the James L. Sellers Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the coauthor of American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports, Seventh Edition.

Reviews for Baseball: A HIstory of America's Game

“The best single-volume history of the sport. Tackles the business and organizational evolution of the professional game, while not losing sight of how it was played on the field.”--Washington Post Book World “Baseball reflects Rader's firm grasp of the best and latest scholarship and his insightful understanding of American sport history.”--Sporting News