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In this era of American sports biographies, it is to the delight of the true sports historian that Andrew Schiff has chosen so fascinating a subject as Henry Chadwick.
We’ve all read about Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb and Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle—and even Judge Landis and Branch Rickey—but even the most ardent baseball student is rarely offered look at Chadwick, the true father of the game at the turn of the 20th century.
I must confess: As a baseball addict for nearly 60 years, having listened to my first game on the radio in 1949, I had heard of but knew little of Chadwick. After reading this riveting account of his life and influence on the game in its infancy, I’m convinced that had it not been for so courageous and passionate a devotee, baseball would not have evolved as it did throughout the 20th century—to become not only our national pastime, but essentially a way of life for many of us.
The first thing that was significant to me in Schiff’s book was that, as a fan of cricket, Chadwick was captivated by baseball the moment he laid eyes on the game at a field in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1856—smitten, in his words, by “its speed” compared to cricket.
Baseball transfixed me in much the same way, when as a boy of eight years old, on July 2, 1950, I walked into Shibe Park in Philadelphia and cast my eyes on the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies battling for the pennant.
Once I saw the game, I was never the same. Once Chadwick saw the game, he was also never the same.
Most students of sports will admit that the historical records of baseball far surpass those of any other game. In fact, according to a recent biography of the great Baltimore Colts’ quarterback Johnny Unitas (written by Tom Callahan), it’s still a subject of dispute as to when Unitas threw his first pass, because the records of the National Football League as recently as 1956 are still not completely dependable.
Because of Chadwick, records existed in baseball before the turn of the 20th century.
Chadwick’s efforts were indispensable to the rapid growth of baseball in this country, from his demand for integrity in the game to his constant prodding of his newspapers to publicize it (when they preferred to promote the sport of cricket in order to cater to their English subscribers) and his chronicling of the western tours to broaden the popularity of the game through the Midwest—which, ironically, eventually led to the demise of his own influence.
When Chadwick’s papers had little interest in the new American game, he pushed and wrote and promoted it and its record keeping—his excitement grew until he almost forced baseball on the American public.
Andrew Schiff does a marvelous job of integrating the development of baseball with the history of the United States, thus giving a perspective on the game’s growing influence over our young country.
Then, sadly, the story tells of the almost tragic end to a wonderful career and a life.
Under attack by two rivals who formed the National League—Albert Spalding and Harry Wright—Chadwick was essentially frozen out of the game he’d virtually given birth to in 1876. Chadwick never wanted to be an executive or employee of a club, but he enjoyed his role as a journalist and record keeper.
Unfortunately, Spalding and Wright never gave him the gratitude he deserved, and diminished his influence even in his desired roles.
Even though I consider myself a devoted student of baseball history and lore, I didn’t know very much about Harry Chadwick and everything he meant to the game I love.
But thanks to Andrew Schiff and his wonderful biography, I do now. For that I am very grateful.
This is hilarious:
SAN ANTONIO—Weeks after the Spurs 98-90 loss to the Celtics on Feb. 10, power forward Tim Duncan sent personalized notes to each player on the Celtics roster, the entire coaching staff, the general manager, and owner, congratulating them for a “great game.” “This would have gotten to you sooner if I had sent one card to the entire organization, but I felt that would diminish everyone’s individual accomplishments,” said Duncan, who sealed the envelopes with his personal crest embossed in wax. “I just wanted to let them know how much I appreciated everyone from the players to the front office. The Celtics did a splendid job, and I’m really proud of them.” Although Duncan said he was conflicted as whether to write the notes using a pen or brush, he finally decided to use his favorite, a quill dipped in sable India ink, a time-consuming penmanship method that Duncan feels looks best on his heavy handmade paper.
Excerpted from Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP)—Warrick Dunn was released by the Atlanta Falcons on Monday, one day after the club signed free agent running back Michael Turner.
Last season, Dunn became the 22nd back in NFL history to rush for 10,000 yards. But his days in Atlanta were numbered after the Falcons doled out a six-year contract to Turner, reportedly for $34.5 million with about $15 million guaranteed.
Wow another amazing story for the annals of overpaid football players. It never ends, and some guy who actually plays the game better than almost anyone else gets cut? What is going on?? I still think Dunn could outdo Turner anyday but apparently the fools running the Falcons franchise think differently. Well good luck with your new thirtyd-five million dollar golden boy!
Excerpted from Yahoo News Sports
PITTSBURGH (AP)—Ben Roethlisberger signed an eight-year extension worth $102 million with the Pittsburgh Steelers that makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid players.
The deal includes more than $36 million guaranteed, and keeps Roethlisberger with the Steelers through 2015.
“Ben has been an outstanding leader on the field for the Steelers since his rookie year and we are very happy to know that he will be our quarterback for many years to come,” Steelers president Art Rooney II said Monday in a statement.
You know, no matter what jersey this guy ends up wearing he’s still overpaid. How can you get this much to throw a damn ball around? Why don’t we pay teachers this kind of money, or better yet dump that money into the education system. Come on, what these guys do can barely be called work. Just because they can run around and slam into each other is no reason to pay them hundreds of millions of dollars. Gimme a break!
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