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A Game of Inches
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Peter Morris’s A Game of Inches traces the evolution of baseball from its earliest forms to the codified modern sport, examining the cultural and institutional forces that shaped rules and play.
The book combines archival research, historical anecdotes, and analysis to show how customs—like completing the ninth inning—became formalized and later changed.
Morris investigates the players, clubs, and administrators who influenced the game's development and how competition gradually replaced gentlemanly ceremony.
He situates baseball in broader social and regional contexts, explaining how local practices produced national conventions.
The result is a detailed, narrative history illuminating why many familiar aspects of baseball exist today.
The book combines archival research, historical anecdotes, and analysis to show how customs—like completing the ninth inning—became formalized and later changed.
Morris investigates the players, clubs, and administrators who influenced the game's development and how competition gradually replaced gentlemanly ceremony.
He situates baseball in broader social and regional contexts, explaining how local practices produced national conventions.
The result is a detailed, narrative history illuminating why many familiar aspects of baseball exist today.
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