{"product_id":"2940149990795","title":"Baseball in the District 1884 Two Teams","description":"Major league baseball returns to Washington, not once but twice. Michael Scanlon toys with the idea of joining the American Association but decides his chances are better in the upstart Union Association. Our guess is that he figured outside of the powerful St. Louis Union team that the competition would be far weaker than that of the American Association. Meanwhile the Association signs on with  Lloyd Moxley, who owns the only stadium in Washington. Moxley, who made his money in billboard advertising signs baseball stalwart Holly Hollingshead who acquires, Bob Barr, the best local player. The season starts with the Washington's of the American Association the fan and media favorites. But Scanlon rebuilds his name and soon proves to be the master of the District. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Baseball in the District,” is the name we have assigned to our project to document the early baseball history for Washington DC. The book follows a detailed chronological narrative, every game is covered. Information about the players is presented to give you a unique view of the season. Local papers and sporting publications are used in order to give the reader a perspective of the era. Historical events are presented as they happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur series about baseball in Washington, “Baseball in the District,” includes the following titles. Most available as e-books at Barnes \u0026amp; Noble.  Hard copy available upon request. Email us at \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaseball in the District\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1869   Rise of the Olympics\u003cbr\u003e1875   Twilight\u003cbr\u003e1877 to 1883  Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e1884   The Two Teams\u003cbr\u003e1885   The Amazing Nationals\u003cbr\u003e1886   A League City\u003cbr\u003e1887   Trials and Tribulations\u003cbr\u003e1888   The Last Hurrah\u003cbr\u003e1889   Ward Sold\u003cbr\u003e1890    The Dark Ages “Hewitt’s Nine”\u003cbr\u003e1891   The Dark Ages “Scanlon’s Nine”\u003cbr\u003e1892   Enter the Wagners\u003cbr\u003e1893   The Cranks Rebel\u003cbr\u003e1894   A Bad Team\u003cbr\u003e1895   The Agony of Defeat\u003cbr\u003e1896   Scrappy Bill\u003cbr\u003e1897   Tom Brown’s Team\u003cbr\u003e1898   War!\u003cbr\u003e1899   End of an Era\u003cbr\u003e1900 to 1904  An Orphan in an Upstart League\u003cbr\u003e1918   Uncle Sam’s Game\u003cbr\u003e   Baseball Memories, Tales and Anecdote’s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaseball has brought Karen and I a great deal of joy, my nephew has captured these thoughts in his entertaining forward. We hope you enjoy the book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kevin and Karen Flynn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068176023792,"sku":"2940149990795","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149990795_p0.jpg?v=1763728335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149990795","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}