The Story of Baseball: Third Revised and Expanded Edition

by Lawrence S. Ritter

"This solid, absorbing introduction to the history, mechanics, and magic of baseball has been expanded and updated, with the addition of several chapters incorporating new baseball lore and current faces. A winner in any season."-- Horn Book. "A splendid volume for fans of all ages. a solid hit." -- The New York Times "A grand slam all the way!" -- School Library Journal

Genres: Baseball, Sports, History, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1983

Reviews

[Efrain · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Story of Baseball by Lawrence s. Ritter is a very interesting book. If you really like baseball or if you are interested in baseball this book is for you. It is about baseball history and all the good players, The first game of baseball played as they know today was played in Hoboken, New Jersey in June 19,1846 and The New York Nine beat The New York Knickerbockers. The first Professional baseball team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings and did not even lose a game all season. In 1876 the National league was created and is still exists today! Also another interesting fact is the batter got to chose were they wanted to hit the ball! Overall this is a very good and interesting book and you should read this awesome book sometime.

[Carol Blakeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun read, though it was published in 1990. No Barry Bonds or Mark Maguire, or Cal Ripkin, Jr. Still full of great stories.

[William Dicks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just loved this concise book on baseball. You get to meet the stars of yesteryear and hear very interesting stories!

[Cj]

this book is right up my ally i like it for two reasons. one baseball and two it is good to learn about it even more

[Chris Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

The version of the book I read was originally published in 1983 and had a different cover than the one showed here (mine had Jim Gantner and Ken Oberkfell from the 1982 World Series)

Ritter does a good job of writing an introductory book for young readers. Relying on snippets from "The Glory of their Times" these remembrances offer depth to the early part of the 20th century baseball

The first half of the book is a chronological history of the game, the second an explanation of positions, strategy and terms. A nice collectible and excellent for young readers