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Play Ball! The Rise of Baseball as America’s Pastime
- By: Bruce Markusen, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bruce Markusen
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Every time you watch baseball, you’re watching more than just a game - you’re participating in the latest chapter of a compelling story. What began as the earliest bat-and-ball games became the favorite American pastime of the first 19th-century baseball games. Knowing how baseball came to be what it is today will add levels of enjoyment, respect, and appreciation to any game you watch.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- By S. J Wunderink on 10-13-19
Beyond just players, games, and stats
Reviewed: 02-03-21
If you think sports history exists in a vacuum, unaffected by the outside world, this might not be your lecture series. Bruce goes beyond the game of baseball itself and introduces elements of industrial, social and political history to full illustrate the early days of baseball. Cannot recommend highly enough to anyone with a semi deep interest in the game or post civil war American culture.
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