This volume, formatted to current ebook standards and with an active table of contents, contains three complete books that provide an inside view of early baseball.  Two of the authors are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Works included are:

“Pitching in a Pinch,” by Christy Mathewson

“A Ball Player’s Career,” by Adrian C. (Cap) Anson

”Base-Ball: How to Become a Player,” by John Montgomery Ward