A History of Australian Baseball: Time and GameThrough extensive interviews and archival research, Joe Clark has uncovered the engaging details of Australian baseball?s unique, and often turbulent, 125-year history, and for the first time the dynamic story of Australian baseball is told. ø Initially accepted only grudgingly in the late nineteenth century as an off-season substitute for cricket, baseball in Australia steadily rose in prominence. Starting with neighborhood games played between improvised teams, the sport grew to include state and national leagues and a spirited international competition. Both the shortcomings and the triumphs of Australian baseball are revealed in A History of Australian Baseball: Time and Game, from an ill-fated late-nineteenth-century baseball tour of America and the political firestorm surrounding the formation of the Australian Baseball League in the 1990s, to the amazing defeat of the powerhouse Cuban team in the Intercontinental Cup of 1999. |
Contents
Early Enthusiasm in the 1890s | 18 |
The Disaster Tour of 1897 | 24 |
A New Game for a New Century | 41 |
Claxton Shield and Summer Baseball | 60 |
Changing Times in the 1970s and 1980s | 75 |
The Rocky Path to a National League | 90 |
The Australian Baseball League 19891999 | 116 |
Key Aspects of Australian Baseball | 125 |
Australian Baseball at the Turn | 138 |
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References to this book
Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the ... Mark Lamster Limited preview - 2007 |