The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History: Premiere Issue Replica (in English)
Synopsis "The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History: Premiere Issue Replica (in English)"
Back in 1982, the Society for American Baseball Research was still young, barely a decade past its founding, and had grown to some 1600 members. One of their number, a "defrocked English Lit guy poking around in journalism," suggested to the board of directors that SABR, and the world, might benefit from a publication along the lines of American Heritage, only about baseball. Before long that member, John Thorn, found himself at the helm of the newly christened periodical, The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History. The very first issue included names we think of today as luminaries in the field of baseball history and analysis: Harold Seymour, Lawrence S. Ritter, Pete Palmer, David Voigt, Bob Broeg, and more. Over the years the significance of that flagship issue has only grown, while the inventory has dwindled. SABR is pleased to present a replica edition here, with the addition of a new preface by John Thorn, now the official historian of Major League Baseball. This issue includes: Nate Colbert's Unknown RBI Record by Bob CarrollNineteenth-Century Baseball Deserves Equal Time by Art AhrensDandy at Third: Ray Dandridge by John B. HolwayHow Fast Was Cool Papa Bell? by Jim BankesThe Field of Play by David SandersLadies and Gentlemen, Presenting Marty McHale by Lawrence S. RitterRemembrance of Summers Past by Bob BroegThe Merkle Blunder: A Kaleidoscopic View by G. H. FlemingA Tale of Two Sluggers: Roger Maris and Hack Wilson, by Don NelsonBaseball's Misbegottens: Expansion Era Managers by David VoigtThe Early Years: A Gallery by Mark Rucker and Lew LipsetThe Egyptian and the Greyhounds by Lew LipsetAll the Record Books Are Wrong by Frank J. WilliamsGoose Goslin's Induction Day by Lawrence S. RitterThe Great New York Team of 1927-and It Wasn't the Yankees by Fred SteinModern Times: A Portfolio by Stuart LeedsBooks Before Baseball: A Personal History by Harold Seymour, Ph.D.Ballparks: A Quiz by Bob BluthardtRuns and Wins by Pete PalmerBaltimore, the Eastern Shore, and More by Al KermischDavid and Goliath: Figures by Ted DiTullioDouble Joe Dwyer: A Life in the Bushes by Gerald Tomlinson John Thorn is the Official Historian of Major League Baseball, an honor that reflects his incomparable contributions to baseball history. In partnership with Pete Palmer, he created The Hidden Game of Baseball and Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, not only a complete record of the game's statistical history, but one that included sabermetric analysis. Thorn served as senior creative consultant to Ken Burns's Baseball, and in 2011, he published Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, tracing baseball's American origins back to the 18th century. SABR is the Society for American Baseball Research, a group of over 6,000 enthusiasts about the game of baseball whose research interests range from the game's history to statistical analysis, records, cultural impact, and more. The BioProject is a SABR effort to research, write, and publish biographies of every player--and every person--ever connected with organized baseball. Anyone with a love of baseball can join SABR and become a part of these efforts.
