Cover
Title page
copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Fraternity and Its Game
2. A Commercial Spectacle
3. The First Professional Teams
4. The First Professional Leagues
5. The Players' Revolt
6. The Great Baseball War
7. Baseball's Coming of Age
8. The Big Fix
9. The Age of Ruth
10. The Age of Dynasties
Illustrations
11. Baseball's Great Experiment
12. The Last Days of the Old Game
13. Baseball in Trouble
14. The Empowerment of the Players
15. The Demise of Dynasties
16. The Steroid Era
17. Baseball's New Order
Bibliographical Essay
Index