Baseball Was Crazy in 1908

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Modern baseball was created in 1908. Journalist and former Little League infielder Cait Murphy tells us what baseball was like in the early days, with its grand cast of characters like John McGraw, Cy Young, Ty Cobb, and others. She’s the author of a new book called Crazy ‘08.

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