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Donald Martin Honig (born August 17, 1931) [1] is an American novelist, historian and editor who mostly writes about baseball. [2]While a member of the Bobo Newsom Memorial Society, an informal group of writers, Honig attempted to convince Lawrence Ritter to write a sequel to his 1966 book The Glory of their Times.
The history of baseball can be broken down into various aspects: by era, by locale, by organizational-type, game evolution, as well as by political and cultural influence. The game evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century.
Baseball: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns (Knopf) Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age by Allen Barra
Baseball is a three-volume book series about the history of baseball by historians Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills. The series, praised for its research and fact-finding, is widely considered to be the first scholarly examination of the game's history.
Historian and Novelist Kevin Baker Shares Memories of His First All-Star Game and the Baseball Books That Shaped Him.
The first line is the formation of the National League (NL) in 1876, and the second is the transformation of the American League (AL) to a major league in 1901. The third line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961.
Along with baseball, playing music was among Adams' favorite activities. Occasionally, he and Henry Ward Beecher performed flute duets. [12] Although no longer actively involved in baseball, Adams was still a follower of the sport. He played in an exhibition as late as 1875, and stories exist that he played recreationally into the following decade.
The American Association of Base Ball Clubs (AA) was a professional baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from 1882 to 1891.Together with the National League (NL), founded in 1876, the AA participated in an early version of the World Series [a] seven times versus the champion of the NL in an interleague championship playoff tournament.