The Battle That Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy

by Daniel R. Levitt

In late 1913 the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues. Backed by some of America's wealthiest merchants and industrialists, the new organization posed a real challenge to baseball's prevailing structure. For the next two years the well-established leagues fought back furiously in the press, in the courts, and on the field. The story of this fascinating and complex...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566638690
• ISBN13: 9781566638692
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"