cover of episode 165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Black Leagues, and the Great Bambino

165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Black Leagues, and the Great Bambino

2024/9/23
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Greg Jackson: 本集探讨了美国棒球的历史，从殖民时期的早期形式到20世纪20年代，涵盖了1919年世界大赛的丑闻、黑人联盟的兴起以及贝比·鲁斯等传奇人物的职业生涯。内容包括对棒球起源的探讨、早期联盟的形成、种族隔离对棒球的影响、黑人联盟的辉煌以及贝比·鲁斯在纽约洋基队的传奇生涯。同时，还讲述了泰·柯布的脾气以及与球迷的冲突，以及1919年世界大赛中涉嫌假球的事件和后续的调查与审判。 Andrew "Rube" Foster: 作为黑人棒球的先驱，福斯特致力于建立一个公平竞争的职业黑人棒球联盟，以提升黑人球员的地位和收入，打破白人联盟的种族隔离。他成功地组建了黑人国家联盟，为黑人球员提供了职业发展平台，并为黑人社区带来了积极的影响。 Babe Ruth: 贝比·鲁斯是棒球史上最伟大的击球手之一，他的出现标志着棒球运动从注重策略转向注重力量的转变。他以其惊人的本垒打数量和强大的影响力，推动了棒球运动的普及和发展，并成为了美国文化中的一个传奇人物。他的职业生涯也充满了个人生活中的挑战和争议，但他仍然是美国棒球的象征。 Shoeless Joe Jackson: 杰克逊是当时最优秀的击球手之一，他的击球技术对贝比·鲁斯产生了深远的影响。然而，他卷入了1919年世界大赛的假球丑闻，尽管被判无罪，但他仍然被终身禁赛，这成为他职业生涯中永远的污点。 Ty Cobb: 柯布是棒球史上最具争议的人物之一，他的球技精湛，但脾气暴躁，经常与对手和球迷发生冲突。他以其极高的竞技水平和极端的个性，成为了棒球历史上一个独特的存在。

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Baseball's origins trace back to colonial America, evolving from games like stoolball. The mid-19th century saw the rise of various baseball associations, leading to the standardization of rules and the development of professional leagues.
  • Earliest forms of baseball appeared in colonial America, including games like stoolball.
  • George Washington enjoyed playing catch with his aides-de-camp.
  • The myth of Abner Doubleday inventing baseball is debunked.
  • The National Association of Baseball Players, the first governing body for baseball, was founded in 1857.
  • Early baseball resembled fast-pitch softball, with differences such as allowing the ball to bounce once before being caught for an out.
  • The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or National League, was formed in 1876.

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"As I hit the ball, every muscle in my system, every sense I had, told me that I had never hit a better one . . . I didn't have to look. But I did. That ball . . . hit . . . exactly the spot I had pointed to."

This is the story of the most American sport: baseball. 

Americans have been playing ball for a good long while now—even General Washington enjoyed an occasional game of catch—but baseball as we know it only emerged around the 1850s. That’s also about the time when people started forming leagues: the National League, the American League, the Federal League, yada yada, you get the picture. There are quite a few, and they’re mostly the same, except for the Negro League, headed by Andrew “Rube” Foster (pitcher and president extraordinaire). Professional baseball remains segregated until Jackie Robinson breaks the color line in the late 1940s. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves! 

Baseball evolves from its colonial beginnings to become an entertainment staple by the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, the good name of the game has just been sullied by the 1919 World Series scandal, but baseball’s popularity hasn’t taken a serious hit. This era boasts a panoply of players, and people can’t seem to stay away from the stands. You see, George Herman "Babe" Ruth has just been traded to the New York Yankees, and he’s always playing to win.

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