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The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History
*The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History* Author: Lincoln A. Mitchell ISBN: 9781951122669 (paperback) ISBN: 9781951122676 (ebook) Publication Date: September 12, 2023 Price: $17.95 (paperback) Pages: TBD Baseball lore and history is filled with many important players, and many of them are not the Hall of Famers you may be familiar with. Within is a collection of essays about the one hundred players who have had the biggest impact on baseball, popular culture, American and world history through their careers inside or outside of baseball. This is a baseball book with stories about famous players like Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, but also lesser known but deeply impactful baseball players like Curt Flood, Hal Chase, or Felipe Alou. Baseball has been a deep part of American life as folk culture and big business, but it has also been central to race relations, labor issues, global conflicts, and the songs of Bob Dylan. Learn how players like Fred Merkle, Dorothy Kamanshek, and Hoyt Wilhelm made their own impacts to America's pastime.

The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History

The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History

Author: Lincoln A. Mitchell
ISBN: 9781951122669 (paperback)
ISBN: 9781951122676 (ebook)
Publication Date: September 12, 2023
Price: $17.95 (paperback)
Pages: TBD

Baseball lore and history is filled with many important players, and many of them are not the Hall of Famers you may be familiar with.

Within is a collection of essays about the one hundred players who have had the biggest impact on baseball, popular culture, American and world history through their careers inside or outside of baseball. This is a baseball book with stories about famous players like Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, but also lesser known but deeply impactful baseball players like Curt Flood, Hal Chase, or Felipe Alou. Baseball has been a deep part of American life as folk culture and big business, but it has also been central to race relations, labor issues, global conflicts, and the songs of Bob Dylan. Learn how players like Fred Merkle, Dorothy Kamanshek, and Hoyt Wilhelm made their own impacts to America's pastime.

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"Lincoln Mitchell delivers an outstanding comprehensive overview of the history of baseball in a very unique way in this wonderful book. Mitchell discusses the great players, the great moments, and baseball's great history while also making astute observations on the many struggles the game has faced since its inception. This book pulls no punches. Lincoln Mitchell shares the stories of baseball's past while also using his deep knowledge of American history and the political world and to bring this compelling book together. Baseball fans will want to read, discuss, and debate the conclusions in this original and compelling book. The player biographies are concise, but extremely thought-provoking. This is bound to become a baseball classic." Dr. Paul Semendinger, author of From Compton to the Bronx, The Least Among Them, and Scattering the Ashes.

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"Lincoln Mitchell delivers an outstanding comprehensive overview of the history of baseball in a very unique way in this wonderful book. Mitchell discusses the great players, the great moments, and baseball's great history while also making astute observations on the many struggles the game has faced since its inception. This book pulls no punches. Lincoln Mitchell shares the stories of baseball's past while also using his deep knowledge of American history and the political world and to bring this compelling book together. Baseball fans will want to read, discuss, and debate the conclusions in this original and compelling book. The player biographies are concise, but extremely thought-provoking. This is bound to become a baseball classic."

Dr. Paul Semendinger, author of From Compton to the Bronx, The Least Among Them, and Scattering the Ashes.

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