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Search - America's Favorite Pastime - The History of Baseball

America's Favorite Pastime The History of Baseball
Author: Steven Womack

Narrated by Ron Jordan. Produced by Joe Loesch. CD#1 - For over two centuries, it s been what Walt Whitman called our game. It s America s favorite pastime, our national preoccupation. It s more than a game, more than a sport. It s who we are as a people, as a culture. But where did baseball come from? 1. It s Baseball - 2. Myth and Legend -... more » 3. The Problem With Baseball - 4. Big Business - 5. Professional Woes - 6. Spaulding & the Boys - 7. This Means War! - 8. Cy Young - 9. Turn of The Century - 10. John Joseph McGraw - 11. Rules, Regs and Morality - 12. Our Heroes - 13. Ty Cobb - 14. Close and Credits CD#2 - As baseball entered a new century, it became more poular than ever. All across the country, fans streamed to the ball parks. Along with this new popularity came a new breed of baseball hero. Men like John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Johnny Evers and Three-Finger Brown. 1. The First Ball - 2. Out Of The Park - 3. A New Century - 4. An Anthem For Baseball - 5. A Baseball Conspiracy - 6. Throwing The Game - 7. The Aftermath - 8. Commissioner Landis - 9. The Babe - 10. The Curse Of The Bambino - 11. Subway Series - 12. A New Era - 13. Greater Heights - 14. Lou Gehrig - 15. From The Ashes of 29 - 16. 1931 - 17. 1932 - 18. Close and Credits CD#3 - America enjoyed the wild ride of the Roaring Twenties, but on October 29th, 1929, Wall Street crashed and America slid headlong into the Great Depression. Several teams, including the Boston Braves, The Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds, nearly folded. 1. Baseball In Trouble - 2. Unforgettable Characters - 3. Farewell To The Bambino - 4. The Modern Era - 5. Another Legend, Gone - 6. New Legends - 7. The Decade of the 40s - 8. Baseball At War - 9. After The War - 10. Jackie Robinson - 11. Aging Players, Quotes - 12. The Wild Bunch - 13. TV and The 50s - 14. Williams and Stengel Retire - 15. Game Seven - 16. A Baseball Revolution 17. Pitchers Dominate - 18. A Dynasty Ends - 19. Close & Credits CD#4 - After the Miracle Mets took the 1969 World Series in one of the greatest surprises in sports history, you d think baseball would become more popular than ever. But the seventies were a trying time for the sport. As we take you through the eighties you ll learn how the Curse of the Bambino was finally broken. 1. The Amazing Miracle Mets - 2. Owners vs Players - 3. Tensions Escalate - 4. The Darkest Day - 5. Hank Aaron - 6. A Good Run - 7. Fast Contracts - 8. The Big Red Machine - 9. High Drama - 10. More Popular Than Ever - 11. Team Loyalty - 12. Controversy - 13. Haunting Baseball - 14. 100th World Series! - 15. The Curse Is Broken Narrated by Ron Jordan Produced by award winning spoken word producer Joe Loesch of Readio Theatre, LLC, Nashville, TN

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ISBN-13: 9781893537255
ISBN-10: 1893537250
Publication Date: 6/4/2007
Edition: First
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Publisher: Readio Theatre, LLC
Book Type: Audio CD
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