The Deadball Era

by Don Lankiewicz

Honus Wagner, the star player for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the Deadball Era, said hitting a baseball in those days was like hitting “a chunk of mud.” The game back then was played a different way than it is today. Bunts were more common than home runs, and pitching dominated hitting. It was the age of the legal spitball, shine ball, emery ball, and grease ball. It was also a time of change, when much of what we see as the modern game came to be. Many of the practices and traditions we see in the game today--from team nicknames on uniforms to the seventh-inning stretch--have their origin in the Deadball Era.

138 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 4, 2011

Reviews

[Dustin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beginner level Book

Book would probably be good for a beginner or teenage reader interested in the subject. Book jumps in too many places and lacks consistency.
2 stars/5