Baseball, Benjamin G. Rader
Baseball, Benjamin G. Rader
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Baseball
A History of America's Game

Author: Benjamin G. Rader

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2010


Synopsis

A succinct history of baseball, newly revised and updated. In this third edition of his lively history of America's game, widely recognized as the best of its kind, Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope, covering record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on March 24, 2023

It’s hard to imagine someone doing a better job of detailing the entire first 150 years of baseball history in 250 pages. Even as a lifetime baseball fan there was a lot that I learned for the first time. That said it’s not without its flaws and the fact that it’s from 2000 leaves a lot to be desire......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on November 07, 2019

Terrible and inaccurate depiction of the AAGPBL.......more

Goodreads review by Tyler on May 23, 2020

Benjamin Rader, now a professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln history department, has delivered the best one volume account of baseball's history in its entirety that I have ever read. Starting with the first teams in the 1840s, he tells the stories of the most famous players and te......more

Goodreads review by Roncibio on June 09, 2019

The first edition of Rader's Baseball: A History of America's Game was probably the best. It was a succinct summary of the game and he made solid decisions on the sequence of events that framed the overall narrative. Over time, he has introduced two new editions that essentially have served as updat......more

Goodreads review by Brian on May 03, 2020

Solid, if a bit plodding.......more