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Spalding’s World Tour

Spalding’s World Tour By Mark Lamster Public Affairs: 368 pp., $26 hardcover Albert Spalding in 1888 led two teams of baseball players across five continents in an effort to bring America’s game to the rest of the world (and help Spalding establish his sporting goods empire on distant shores). By ship, train, and even camel, [...]