Games That Changed Baseball: Milestones in Major League History [Minkštas viršelis]

" The national pastime's rich history and vast cache of statistics have provided fans and researchers a gold mine of narrative and data since the late 19th century. Many books have been written about Major League Baseball's most famous games. This one takes a different approach, focusing on MLB's most historically significant games. "--

Robertson, who wrote a weekly sports history column in Canada, and Saunders, a baseball aficionado in Canada, identify 43 of the most historically significant games in Major League Baseball from 1876 to 2015, such as the first National and American League games, the first game-fixing scandal, the first modern World Series game, the first All-Star Game, Jackie Robinson's debut, Roger Maris' 61st home run, the debut of the San Diego Chicken, the first use of the video-review challenge system, and the first game with zero paid attendance. They discuss the historical importance of each game and provide the box score and information on the site, teams, and impact. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

The national pastime's rich history and vast cache of statistics have provided fans and researchers a gold mine of narrative and data since the late 19th century. Many books have been written about Major League Baseball's most famous games. This one takes a different approach, focusing on MLB's most historically significant games. Some will be familiar to baseball scholars, such as the October afternoon in 1961 when Roger Maris eclipsed Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, or the compelling sixth game of the 1975 World Series. Other fascinating games are less well known: the day at the Polo Grounds in 1921, when a fan named Reuben Berman filed a lawsuit against the New York Giants, winning fans the right to keep balls hit into the stands; the first televised broadcast of an MLB game in 1939; opening night of the Houston Astrodome in 1965, when spectators no longer had to be taken out to the ballgame; or the spectator-less April 2015 Orioles-White Sox game, played in an empty stadium in the wake of the Baltimore riots. Each game is listed in chronological order, with detailed historical background and a box score.