About the Author

David Quentin Voigt has written five books on baseball history, plus American’s Leisure Revolution on the sociology of leisure and sport. After earning an M.A. in American history at Columbia and a Ph.D. in social science at Syracuse, Dr. Voigt returned to his hometown of Reading, PA, as Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Albright College.

Reviews

“Better than any other writer since Albert G. Spalding broke ground with America’s National Game in 1911, Mr. Voigt has investigated all aspects of the subject; the origins and evolution of the game, the professionalism that grew out of it, and the big business that was reared upon it. He has done a rapid, well proportioned, and critically objective narrative.”—Allan Nevins