The Boston Red Stockings Superstars: How George Wright and Albert Spalding Impacted Sports in America
Thu, May 8 · 6:00PM — Boston
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A fascinating look back on baseball’s lowly beginnings and its transformation into a national pastime, told through the lives of two men who dominated the game. The nineteenth century was a time of rapid growth and development for the game of “base ball,” and Boston Red Stocking players George Wright and Albert Spalding were right in the thick of it.
These two young men, the first superstars of the professional game, won the hearts of a country in search of a unifying spirit after a devastating civil war. Join us as author Jeffrey Orens [...]
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