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#162: Kevin Baker - "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City"

#162: Kevin Baker - "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City"

Update: 2024-10-01
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Despite its reputation as a game with roots in rural America, Kevin Baker explains on this episode that baseball is rooted in New York City, and that it became the engine of the Big Apple. He also explains how the city itself influenced the game through its rules, its teams, its stadiums and its superstars. From Christy Mathewson to Babe Ruth, from the Highlanders to the Trolley Dodgers, from rundown streets to the Polo Grounds, Kevin Baker shows how New York and baseball grew up together.

Kevin Baker's Website can be found at https://kevinbaker.info/

Information on his book can be found at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/7503/the-new-york-game-by-kevin-baker/

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#162: Kevin Baker - "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City"

#162: Kevin Baker - "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City"

Evan Axelbank