Swinging away : how cricket and baseball connect

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Swinging away : how cricket and baseball connect

Beth Hise ; introduction by Matthew Engel ; foreword by Andrew Flintoff

Scala, 2010

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"MCC, National Baseball Hall of Fame"

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Cricket and baseball are usually thought of as having little in common, two great summer sports attracting their own devoted followers, oceans apart. And yet, as this beautifully illustrated comparative survey of the two games reveals, they share intertwined histories. From 1840 to 1855 cricket was actually America's leading ball game. WG Grace tried his hand at baseball, and Babe Ruth at cricket. Each sport came to symbolise a version of national identity, and each was spread around the world with a kind of missionary impulse. In an age when Major League Baseball is becoming ever more international, and the phenomenally successful Twenty20 format has introduced baseball-like elements to cricket, Beth Hise's timely and engrossing book will appeal to those interested in the history of either sport.

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Contents: Preface by Matthew Engel Introduction: The Games Today 1: Play! / Play Ball! 2: Origins of the Games 3: Empires And Missions: Spreading The Game 4: The Scientific Game: Amateurs and Professionals 5: Cricket in Philadelphia 6. The Doubleday Ball and the Ashes Urn

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