Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League by McKinney, Justin

Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781476680606)

Vendor: Justin McKinney
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Format: Paperback
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Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League by McKinney, Justin

Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League

$49.95
Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League by McKinney, Justin

Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League

$49.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Justin McKinney
ISBN-10: 1476680604
ISBN-13: 9781476680606
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2022
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.92h x 6.93w x 0.63d
By Justin McKinney
By Justin McKinney
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Justin Mckinney is a baseball researcher and archivist living in Canada. He has written articles on 19th century and early 20th century baseball for the SABR Research Journal Base Ball: Journal of the Early Game, and the SABR Biography Project, and writes about deceased baseball players at medium.com/@BaseballObscura

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