The Golden Game: the Story of California Baseball ;; [by] Kevin Nelson; foreword by Hank Greenwald

San Francisco, Calif. ; ; Berkeley, Calif: California Historical Society Press ; Heyday Books, 2004. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Very Fine.. Quarto in illus pale yellow wraps; xx, 379 p.: ill.; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. 342-371) and index, Signed by the author. Paperback original. Numerous b/w and sepia photos of historical note. Chapters entitled: The seed is planted -- Stagecoach baseball -- Enter the professionals -- How Casey advanced to the bat -- Train ride south -- From Robinson to Lange to Chance -- A brand new ballgame -- A ballpark blooms in San Francisco -- The Los Angeles mix, winter 1908 -- Schoolboys -- Playgrounds -- A left-hander for the Oaks -- There was a crooked man -- The pride of their community -- Babe Ruth in California -- An experiment in sound and light -- Barnstormers -- In the shadows of war -- Joe, Ted, Jackie -- War games -- Breakthrough -- Golden boys -- In a corner of the United States -- Casey, Billy, and the Yanks -- Brown Derby baseball -- They changed the game -- Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants, April 1958 -- The last days of Ty Cobb -- The cowboy rides in -- The next generation -- 1969. Baseball -- California -- History.