@article{320744,
      note = {Originally published: 2006.},
      author = {Vecsey, George.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/320744},
      title = {Baseball : a history of America's favorite game /},
      publisher = {Modern Library,},
      abstract = {One of the great bards of America's Grand Old Game gives a  rousing account of baseball, from its pre-Republic roots to  the present day. Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the sport,  illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and makes a classic  story seem refreshingly new. This book is a narrative of  America's can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants could  transplant cricket and rounders in the fertile American  culture and die-hard unionist players could later become  the tightfisted avatars of the game's big-money  establishment. It's a celebration of champions and  underdogs. But most of all, it is a testament to the  unbreakable bond between our nation's pastime and the fans,  who've remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict  on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise  relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by  some major stars.},
      recid = {320744},
      pages = {xiii, 252 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2008},
}