Bush League : A History of Minor League Baseball by Obojski, Robert; Foreword by George H. Sisler, Jr - 1975

New York:: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The bright, shiny Dust Jacket has 3 short closed tears, but NO chips. NOT price clipped (12.95). NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 24 pages of photographs. Includes league highlights listed chronologically, league champions and their managers, individual batting records by season, home run records, individual pitching records, minor leaguers who made it to the show (Babe Ruth, Floyd Baker, etc), careers of great minor leaguers (Joe Hauser, Ike Boone, Herman Pilette, etc); minor league innovations (Ladies' Day, rain check, the designated hitter rule); and more. Appendix: Rosters of the Minor Leagues since 1902. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of the Minor Leagues. General Index. Bound in the original green leatherette (imitation leather), lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "A Colorful, Factual Account of Minor League Baseball from 1877 to the Present… BUSH LEAGUE is the complete, fascinating, and sometimes surprising story of the minor league's contributions to America's oldest professional sport. From the 'amateur' traveling teams of the post-Civil Ear era, through the true beginning of the leagues in 1877, right up through the 1973 season... Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the cities,, teams, statistics, and people who have made minor league baseball." . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good+ condition./Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo. xiv, 418pp..