Baseball's Union Association : the short, strange life of a 19th-century major league

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Baseball's Union Association : the short, strange life of a 19th-century major league

Justin McKinney

McFarland, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-260) and index

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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 to the field a wild mix of disgruntled stars, misfits, crooks, has-beens, drunks, and the occasional spectator to take the field--along with a future star or two. The result was a bizarre experiment that sowed both turmoil and hope before fading into oblivion.

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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Al Pratt's Association 2. The Very Best of Ball Players 3. Enter Henry V. Lucas 4. The War Begins 5. The Union Association Takes the Stage 6. "The Finest! The Nearest! The Prettiest!" 7. One Month in Altoona, Pennsylvania 8. Going to Kansas City 9. Independence Day in Washington 10. Baltimore's Battle 11. "Bollicky" Bill and the "Wizard" 12. The Hoss and the Playboy 13. The Bell Tolls for the Keystones 14. A Matter of Dollars and Cents 15. The Windy City Blows Out of Town 16. A Curse Falls Upon Delaware 17. The Union Goes North ... Western 18. Cream City Chronicles 19. The Vagabonds from Minnesota 20. The Wild West and the Race for Third Place 21. The Associations Face Off 22. The Real Games Begin 23. Almost Equivalent to Actual Dishonesty 24. The Double Cross 25. What Killed the Union Association? 26. The Ghosts of the Union 27. Henry Lucas Opts Out Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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