Baseball: The Golden Age

by Harold Seymour, Dorothy Seymour Mills

The Golden YearsBy Harold Seymour

Genres: Baseball, Sports, Nonfiction, History

520 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 15, 1971

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like his earlier book, the Golden Age is exhaustively researched and covers the off-the-field aspects of the game, largely concerned with the league owners, league structure, baseball economics, and battles among the players and owners. It covers the time period of about 1901 to 1929, describing events in excruciating detail. On-the-field performance of teams and players are largely mentioned only in passing, except for the final two chapters, which seem like an afterthought. If you are interested in a baseball history that covers in detail what happened on the field during this period, this book is not for you.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

The second of three volumes, Seymour tackles the "Babe Ruth era" when baseball truly became the national pastime. Very written and entertaining.

[Frank Chimkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

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