Early Innings

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Early Innings is written by Dean A. Sullivan and published by U of Nebraska Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0803242379 (ISBN 10) and 9780803242371 (ISBN 13).

This compilation of 120 primary writings documents baseball’s first century, from a loosely organized village social event to the arrival of the National League. Collecting from a wide range of sources—including newspaper accounts, letters, folk poetry, songs, and annual guides—Dean A. Sullivan of Fairfax, Virginia, progresses chronologically from the earliest known baseball reference (1825) to the creation of the Doubleday Myth (1908).