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Baseball's Union Association
其他書名
The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League
出版McFarland, 2022-11-16
主題Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History
ISBN14766473649781476647364
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eNycEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Hastily formed in 1883 as a rival, third major league, the Union Association upset the moguls of the baseball world and disrupted the status quo. Backed by Henry V. Lucas, an impetuous 26-year-old millionaire from St. Louis, the UA existed for one chaotic season in 1884. This first full-length history of the Union Association tells the captivating story of the league's brief and enigmatic existence. Lucas recruited a wild mix of disgruntled stars, misfits, crooks, has-beens, drunks, and the occasional spectator--along with a future star or two. The result was a bizarre experiment that sowed both turmoil and hope before fading into oblivion.