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MayX 135-The Rise of Professional Baseball in the U.S.
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MayX 135-The Rise of Professional Baseball in the U.S.: Readings
From pre-Civil War professional beginnings to the 1922 Supreme Court Ruling which established professional baseball as exempt from anti-trust law.
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Week 1 May
Pioneer Years
Battlefront
p.36-43
NABBP(National Association of Base Ball Players)
1876 Creation of National League
First Professional Leagues
Read pages 48-53
1876 Centennial Exposition
From Credo Reference
Great Railroad Strikes
Baseball Player as Chattel?
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