{"product_id":"baseball-in-the-garden-of-eden-the-secret-history-of-the-early-game-paperback","title":"Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Thorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow available in paperback, the \"fresh and fascinating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e, Cleveland), \"splendid and brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e) history of the early game by the Official Historian of Major League Baseball.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho really invented baseball? Forget Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown and Alexander Cartwright. Meet Daniel Lucius Adams, William Rufus Wheaton, and other fascinating figures buried beneath the falsehoods that have accrued around baseball's origins. This is the true story of how organized baseball started, how gambling shaped the game from its earliest days, and how it became our national pastime and our national mirror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaseball in the Garden of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e draws on original research to tell how the game evolved from other bat-and-ball games and gradually supplanted them, how the New York game came to dominate other variants, and how gambling and secret professionalism promoted and plagued the game. From a religious society's plot to anoint Abner Doubleday as baseball's progenitor to a set of scoundrels and scandals far more pervasive than the Black Sox Fix of 1919, this entertaining book is full of surprises. Even the most expert baseball fan will learn something new with almost every page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Thorn\u003c\/b\u003e co-created the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eTotal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, the sabermetric classic \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Game of Baseball, \u003c\/i\u003e and was the chief consultant for Ken Burns's television series \u003ci\u003eBaseball\u003c\/i\u003e. He was appointed Official Historian of Major League Baseball in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761466278176,"sku":"9780743294041","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9610f7d4f1092264fb639a5dc6a47ce0.webp?v=1780208282","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/baseball-in-the-garden-of-eden-the-secret-history-of-the-early-game-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}