Baseball: The Untold Story of America's Pastime

by Tim Cooper

Before the floodlights and television deals, before analytics and billion-dollar contracts, baseball was the story of a nation learning who it was. It rose from muddy fields and smoke-filled taverns, from gentlemen’s clubs and back alleys, from dreams stitched into horsehide and hope. It was America in miniature—its courage, its contradictions, its relentless ambition played out between the baselines.

In Baseball- The Untold Story of America's Pastime, bestselling author, Tim Cooper, tells the sweeping, cinematic story of baseball’s evolution from a 19th-century curiosity to the beating heart of a country in motion. Follow the men who built the sport and, in doing so, built a reflection of the nation the rule-makers and gamblers, the innovators and outcasts, the icons and the ghosts.

Baseball- The Untold Story of America's Pastime is not simply a history of baseball. It is a portrait of America. A glimpse into its light and shadow, its flaws and reinventions—told through the men and moments that defined it. From the crack of the first bat to the rise of data-driven front offices, from the bleachers of Ebbets Field to the glow of modern stadiums, this is the grand, human, heartbreaking story of how a game became a reflection of a nation.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 25, 2025

Reviews

[Randy Horne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truly appreciated the unfolding history of my favorite sport and pastime; I thought it was well written , informative and an enjoyable read. I would have given a 5 star rating if the author included some appreciation of Dodger legends of the 50's, 60's, including Vin Scully.