BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Urbana Free Library X-WR-CALNAME:Urbana Free Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5f7a1117-e03b-458a-9749-0b807ddb1914 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261114T070939Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T200000 SUMMARY:Ballists\, Dead Beats\, and Muffins LOCATION:The Urbana Free Library\nThe Urbana Free Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Urbana Free Library;X- APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=The Urbana Free Library:geo:40.1112849,-88.2094816 GEO:40.1112849;-88.2094816 DESCRIPTION:From the social impact of baseball to how the game shifted\, l earn about the history of the early years of Illinois baseball..\nhttps:// urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/10443393 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Robert D. Sampson is Editor of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society and taught US history at Milliki n University and the University of Illinois. His first book\, John L O &rsquo\;Sullivan and His Times\, the biography of a 19th-century  \;journalist who popularized the term &ldquo\;manifest destiny\,&rdquo\; a ppeared in 2003. Ballists\, Dead Beats\, and Muffins: Inside Early Bas eball in Illinois\, published last spring emerged from nearly a decad e of research on the game in Illinois between 1865 and 1870. It goes beyon d the mechanics of the game to engage its social impact and the underlying tensions leading to a shift in baseball&rsquo\;s goals and purposes in th ose early years. More than 1\,000 organized clubs rose during those years\ , including the Champaign Empire Base Ball Club as well as clubs in Decatu r\, Arcola\, Danville\, Bloomington\, Springfield\, and many other places\ , some so small that they no longer appear on the map. The sometimes disto rted origins of baseball\, difficulties in obtaining and keeping playing f ields\, the rudimentary equipment (no gloves)\, and the banning of play in some communities paint a vivid portrait of baseball&rsquo\;s early years.

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