Continental League: A Personal History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803271906)

Long before there was Moneyball, a group of investors led by baseball legend Branch Rickey proposed a new economic model for baseball. Based on an innovative approach to evaluating and developing talent, the Continental League was the last serious attempt to form a third Major League. The league's brief history affords a glimpse of any number of missed chances for America's game.
As one of the original Continental Leaguers, historian Russell D. Buhite is--literally--talking "inside baseball" when he describes what happened in 1959 and 1960. Part memoir, part history, his account of the origin, development, and eventual undoing of the Continental League explores the organization's collective corporate structure as well as its significant role in building a thriving Minor League and forcing expansion on Major League Baseball. Buhite captures a lost era in baseball history and examines its lasting impact on the game.


Author: Russell D. Buhite
ISBN-10: 0803271905
ISBN-13: 9780803271906
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.99w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/2014 pg. 109