{"product_id":"2940150184909","title":"Baseball in the District \"The Amazing Nationals\" 1885","description":"Once again Washignton is out of the major leagues. The year opens with the Nationals officially committed to the Eastern League, a minor league, but expectations are high that the team will play in the American Association. League with its 50 cent tickets and stronger competition is considered a bad choice for Washington by many. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nationals League will have teams in Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and Providence. The Cleveland Spiders merged with the St. Louis Union franchise and will be called the St. Louis Maroons. The two weak franchises are in Buffalo and Providence. The American Association will field just eight teams in 1885, with franchises in Baltimore, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. This down from the twelve teams in 1884. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nationals will play their home games at Capitol Park this season. According to the press the visitors will hardly recognize the place, so radical have been the changes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two brick homes which last season stood between right field fence and the car stables have been torn away, and the ground they covered is now inside of the fence. The great extension this secured for the park has permitted the changing of the lines of the diamond so that the center field is now what was part of right field last year. The left foul line runs parallel with the left field fence, and few foul balls will be knocked over it this year. The field has been cut down and leveled, so that the left field fence is now on top of a bank from five to ten feet above the playing field. The seats in the lower story of the grand stand have been lowered two feet, so that spectators can view all parts of the field without difficulty. The open seats have been greatly extended along the right field fence. \u003cbr\u003eMichael Scanlon is once again forced to restructure the team during the season. Heny Moore, the mystery man is cast off, his drinking and poro behavior too much for the 1885 squaed. Here is the story of an amazing team in a seson unlike any other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this is Michael Scanlon's nine and while Scanlon might be the best base ball mind in the District he is ill suited to be the team's manager and what follows is a season filled with highs and lows.  .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Baseball in the District,” is the title we have assigned to our project to document the early history of baseball in Washignton DC. This book like others in the series is written in chronological narrative, every game is covered. Local papers and sporting publications are used. This is how the players were viewed in their own time. Information about players the reader may not be aware of is referenced. 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 are available as e-books at Barnes \u0026amp; Noble. Hard copy available upon request. Karen and I have been avid baseball fans and enjoy traveling the country taking in ball games at all levels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Baseball in the District series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1869   Rise of the Olympics\u003cbr\u003e1875   Twilight\u003cbr\u003e1877 to 1883  Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e1884   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","brand":"Kevin and Karen Flynn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112356495600,"sku":"2940150184909","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150184909_p0.jpg?v=1763739880","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150184909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}