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Language: en
Pages: 209
Pages: 209
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
All Cub fans know from heartbreak and curse-toting goats. Fewer know that, prior to moving to the north side in 1916, the team fielded powerhouse nines that reg
Language: en
Pages: 479
Pages: 479
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-07 - Publisher: McFarland
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Language: en
Pages: 404
Pages: 404
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-03-03 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press
This detailed history of early baseball in rural Michigan focuses on the evolution of America's pastime from child's game to organized sport and challenges the